You can set the device at file system creation time with mke2fs. Check the man page, but something like this should work: mke2fs -O journal_device /dev/flash mke2fs -j -J device=/dev/flash /dev/hdaX You can change an existing file system using tune2fs. Charles On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 07:44, FabF wrote: > On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 13:27, Norberto MechÃn Pedrajas wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm formatting a flash with ext3, but I need to move the journaling file > > (/.journal) in the flash to prevent it's corruption. > > > > In previous message I read that it's possible > > (https://www.redhat.com/archives/ext3-users/2004-March/msg00009.html), but I > > can't find any /.journal in my ext3 fs. > > How can move the journaling file in the flash without /.journal file?? > ...and there's no way to have journal in another device AFAIK .... > > Regards, > FabF > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users