On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 09:31:34PM -0400, Statux wrote: > Isn't the .journal in the root of the partition? I don't use ext3 but this > is where I'd look :) For many ext3 filesystems, the journal file is now a hidden inode, and is not visible in the namespace at all. This is true of ext3 filesystems generated using recent versions of mke2fs (with the -j flag), and for ext3 filesystems have been run again recent versions of e2fsck while the filesystem is *unmounted* (so this doesn't apply when running e2fsck on the root filesystem while it is mounted, even if it is mounted read-only). The advantage of having the journal as a hidden inode is that you don't have to worry about stupid sysadmin tricks (such as someone who wonders what the .journal file is, and tries to delete it). Having it hidden also avoids backup programs from trying to back it up. - Ted
