----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Howard" <jh_lists@fastmail.fm> To: <ext3-users@redhat.com> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 12:15 PM Subject: Resize journal on root filesystem > Hi all, > > I'm trying to resize a journal on my root filesystem. This is Ext3, > kernel 2.4.19, latest e2fsprogs + htree patch. > > I've remounted my root filesystem as ext2, but still when I 'tune2fs -O > ^has_journal' I get > ---- > The has_journal flag may only be cleared when the filesystem is > unmounted or mounted read-only. > ---- > > So, how can I increase the size of the journal? I can't remount the root > filesystem as readonly because I don't have console access (I only have > SSH access, because the machine is in a data centre on the other side of > the world--SSH won't work with the root filesystem mounted readonly). Add the tune2fs command to rc.sysinit before the root filesystem fsck is run, then reboot the machine remotely. /Martin _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
