On Wednesday September 3, bhkwan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I am new to ext3 + external journal. Is there any howto I can look at? > > > this is what I understand > 1. mke2fs -O journal_dev /dev/md5 > 2. mke2fs -J device=/dev/md5 /dev/md0 > 3. mount /dev/md0 / -t ext3 ( hmm.. what do I need to put on fstab?? ) This is all correct. > > /dev/md5 is a two drive RAID 1 partition > /dev/md0 is a 4 drive RAID 5 partition. > > questions: > 1. I am running RedHat 9.0. what extra software I need to use? do I need > to patch the kernel and recompile it? None. No. > 2. what do I need to do on fstab when I use ext3 + external journal. The same as if there wasn't an external journal. > 3. do I need to run "tune2fs -i 0 -c 0 /dev/hdb1 ? You would want "/dev/md0" rather than "/dev/hdb1", but this might be a good idea if you never wanted and automatic fsck. > 4. do I need to modify LILO bootloader? No. NeilBrown _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
