Thanks Matt and Ted for the confirmation that an unmount or reboot is always required after turning off the journal for an ext3 file system. So it seems there is no way I can do what I was hoping, i.e. turning it off and changing the system to ext2 in one step without an intervening reboot. Mike Accetta Laurel Networks, Inc. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
