And I have to build special boot floppy for redhat with ext3 then? Standart boot floppy from another distribution and ext2 support would not help if for some reason redhat 9 does not boot form hard disk? Martynas --- =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Vanaclocha_Lloren=E7=2C_Lloren=E7_=5BINSA=5D=22?= <lvanaclocha@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have 15 machines with ext3 type on root partition. > > No problems. Any problem. > > I haven't migrate. My systems always have ext3 on root partition. If you > want migrate this is the solution from RedHat > > ########################################################################## > The tune2fs program can add a journal to an existing ext2 file system > without altering the data already on the partition. If the file system is > already mounted while it is being transitioned, the journal will be visible > as the file .journal in the root directory of the file system. If the file > system is not mounted, the journal will be hidden and will not appear in > the file system at all. > > To convert an ext2 file system to ext3, log in as root and type: > > /sbin/tune2fs -j /dev/hdbX > In the above command, replace /dev/hdb with the device name and X with the > partition number. > > After doing this, be certain to change the partition type from ext2 to ext3 > in /etc/fstab. > > If you are transitioning your root file system, you will have to use an > initrd image (or RAM disk) to boot. To create this, run the mkinitrd > program. For information on using the mkinitrd command, type man mkinitrd. > Also make sure your GRUB or LILO configuration loads the initrd. > > If you fail to make this change, the system will still boot, but the file > system will be mounted as ext2 instead of ext3. > ############################################################################ > > Best regards > > Llorenç > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] En > nombre de martynas@xxxxxxx > Enviado el: martes, 11 de noviembre de 2003 15:57 > Para: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Asunto: Re: fsck allways fails after unclean shutdown on redhat 9 - help! > > Some, with ext3 type on root partition there is no such problem? Could > somebody confirm this? Or maybe better, could somebody confirm this, who > migrated from ext2 to ext3 on root partition and the problem disapeared > > regards, > Martynas > > --- Ed Wilts <ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 03:43:54PM +0200, martynas@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > yes..the same problem as mine.. I dont want to use ext3 on root > partition > > for > > > some reasons.. and I use ext3 only on other partitions, so I would like > to > > > correct this redhat 9 behaviour... it's pain every time to go somehwere > to > > > check clean FS ( i have systems in serveral places).. maybe it is worth > to > > > send this as bug? Or maybe somebody knows, how to fix it? > > > > I would expect that even if you filed a bug, it's not going to be a high > > priority for anybody to fix. After all, ext3 is the supported mechanism > > to prevent this. If you can't run ext3 ("for some reasons" isn't very > > descriptive), then you may want to file bug/enhancement requests so that > > you can run ext3. The developers don't have enough time, and they're > > going to be hitting the bigger issues first. ext2 issues on a dead-end > > product aren't going to be fixed in a time period that's going to do you > > any good. > > > > -- > > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > > mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx > > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
