Hi, I just converted all my hard disk filesystems from ext2 to ext3. This worked perfectly fine for all non-root fs, but I am having trouble converting the root fs, too. Here's what I did: 1. rebuilt my kernel (2.4.20, x86) with ext3 support linked in statically - no module. 2. Added a journal file to my root fs using 'tune2fs -j'. 3. Added 'rootfstype=ext3' to the kernel arguments in lilo.conf and of course ran lilo. During startup, my kernel emits the following lines: Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=normal ro root=301 rootfstype=ext3 1 <lines deleted> kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly. which seems to indicate that the fs is actually recognized as ext3. In my startup script, I later invoke e2fsck on the root fs before re-mounting it with r/w access. At this point, e2fsck tells me that the maximum mount count has been exceeded and checks the file system, which should not happen with journalling in effect. The check does not detect any errors, and I remount the fs with r/w access, which produces the following lines: EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,1), internal journal Then, after the system has been fully booted, I issue a 'mount' command and get: ~ $ mount /dev/discs/disc0/part1 on / type ext2 (rw) /dev/data/usr on /usr type ext3 (ro) /dev/data/opt on /opt type ext3 (ro) /dev/data/home on /home type ext3 (rw) So, while all my non-root file systems are correctly recognized as ext3, the root fs appears to be mounte as ext2. The contents of /proc/mounts, however, look differently: ~ $ cat /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0 none /dev devfs rw 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 /dev/data/usr /usr ext3 ro 0 0 /dev/data/opt /opt ext3 ro 0 0 /dev/data/home /home ext3 rw 0 0 Is anybody able to explain those apparent inconsistencies? I am using both devfs and LVM. tk -- Thomas Koeller thomas@koeller.dyndns.org _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
