> >From "man tune2fs": > > -f Force the tune2fs operation to > complete even in the face of > errors. This option is useful when > removing the has_journal > filesystem feature from a filesystem > which has an external jour- > nal (or is corrupted such that it > appears to have an external > journal), but that external journal is > not available. > > Does this help you to get further? > I don't think so. It gave me some error about the filesystem having the "needs_recovery" attribute set. I don't remember exactly but in the end, I landed up using the 'features' command of debugfs to clear these attributes and then attach a fresh journal back. Was there any other way ? Thanks Ash __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users