I am using SuSE 7.3 compiled ext3 support into the kernel and installed it. All my partitions load up as ext3 except / . I ran tune2fs several times, still doesn't take on the / drive. Most recent dumpe2fs -h show no features on that drive=, I keep going around in circles, removing .journal from / and running tune2fs but it never works for / What am I doing wrong? ( thanks in advance) joe I have tried several times such as: -:/ # cat /etc/fstab | grep /dev/hda6 /dev/hda6 / auto defaults 1 1 -:/ # tune2fs -O "^has_journal" /dev/hda6 tune2fs 1.24a (02-Sep-2001) -:/ # chattr -i .journal -:/ # rm .journal -:/ # tune2fs -j /dev/hda6 tune2fs 1.24a (02-Sep-2001) Creating journal inode: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 20 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. -:/ # shutdown -r now after reboot I get: -:/ # cat /proc/mounts /dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 /dev/hda9 /opt ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda8 /usr ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda3 /hda3 msdos rw 0 0 /dev/hda5 /boot ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda2 /hda2 msdos rw 0 0 /dev/hda11 /hda11 ext3 rw 0 0 shmfs /dev/shm shm rw 0 0 usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0 -:/ # cat /etc/mtab /dev/hda6 / auto rw 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 /dev/hda9 /opt ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda8 /usr ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda3 /hda3 msdos rw 0 0 /dev/hda5 /boot ext3 rw 0 0 /dev/hda2 /hda2 msdos rw 0 0 /dev/hda11 /hda11 ext3 rw 0 0 shmfs /dev/shm shm rw 0 0 usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0 ***** If I set fstab to ext3, it still mounts as ext2 but with ro ***** dmesg shows: -:/ # dmesg Linux version 2.4.10-4GB (root@-) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)) #1 Fri Jan 4 09:06:27 EST 2002 --cut--- Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=306 BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz mem=393152K --cut-- VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. change_root: old root has d_count=2 Trying to unmount old root ... okay Freeing unused kernel memory: 124k freed Adding Swap: 128480k swap-space (priority -1) kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.9, 5 Sep 2001 on ide0(3,9), internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.9, 5 Sep 2001 on ide0(3,8), internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.9, 5 Sep 2001 on ide0(3,7), internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.9, 5 Sep 2001 on ide0(3,5), internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.9, 5 Sep 2001 on ide0(3,11), internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. -:/ # dumpe2fs -h /dev/hda5 | grep features dumpe2fs 1.24a (02-Sep-2001) Filesystem features: has_journal needs_recovery -:/ # dumpe2fs -h /dev/hda6 | grep features dumpe2fs 1.24a (02-Sep-2001) Filesystem features: (none) <<<<<<<<<< no features -:/ # ls -l .journal -rw------- 1 root root 8388608 Jan 5 08:20 .journal
