Dear all, I followed the instructions found on http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html to convert / on several of my boxes to ext3. Strange to me, on some boxes it perfectly worked while on others it didn't. One of the differences found is that on the ok-boxes mount reports: /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) /* Settings: cat /etc/fstab /dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 mount -V mount: mount-2.11n */ While on the not-ok-boxes, / is mounted from /dev/root but as ext2, mount reports: /dev/root on / type ext2 (rw) /* cat /etc/fstab: /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 mount -V mount: mount-2.11n */ Is it possible that this is due to a primary vs. extended partition problem? If anyone can give me any hint, I would be very grateful! Thanks in advance, Lukas -- Lukas Ruf Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Office: ETZ-G61.2 Computer Engineering and Phone: +41/1/632 7312 Networks Laboratory (TIK) Fax: +41/1/632 1035 ETH Zentrum PGP 2.6: ID D20BA2ED; Gloriastr. 35 Fingerprint 6323 B9BC 9C8E 6563 B477 BADD FEA6 E6B7 CH-8092 Zurich
Hi, On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 09:49:53AM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote:> While on the not-ok-boxes, / is mounted from /dev/root but as ext2, > mount reports: > /dev/root on / type ext2 (rw)Is your ext3 built as a module? If so, it sounds like you forgot to run mkinitrd+lilo after modifying /etc/fstab to tell it to mount the root as ext3. Cheers, Stephen
Lukas, The following information would be needed from you to understand more, [~]dumpe2fs -h /dev/hda3 | grep Journal dumpe2fs 1.25 (20-Sep-2001) Journal UUID: <none> Journal inode: 8 Journal device: 0x0000 and on hda6. Regards Amit Lukas Ruf wrote:> Dear all, > > I followed the instructions found on > http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html > to convert / on several of my boxes to ext3. > > Strange to me, on some boxes it perfectly worked while on others it > didn't. One of the differences found is that on the ok-boxes > mount reports: > /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) > /* Settings: > cat /etc/fstab > /dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > > mount -V > mount: mount-2.11n > */ > > While on the not-ok-boxes, / is mounted from /dev/root but as ext2, > mount reports: > /dev/root on / type ext2 (rw) > /* > cat /etc/fstab: > /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > > mount -V > mount: mount-2.11n > */ > > Is it possible that this is due to a primary vs. extended partition > problem? > > If anyone can give me any hint, I would be very grateful! > > Thanks in advance, > > Lukas > -- > Lukas Ruf Swiss Federal Institute of Technology > Office: ETZ-G61.2 Computer Engineering and > Phone: +41/1/632 7312 Networks Laboratory (TIK) > Fax: +41/1/632 1035 ETH Zentrum > PGP 2.6: ID D20BA2ED; Gloriastr. 35 > Fingerprint 6323 B9BC 9C8E 6563 B477 BADD FEA6 E6B7 CH-8092 Zurich > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ext3-users mailing list > Ext3-users@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users >
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 09:49:53AM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote:> > I followed the instructions found on > http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html > to convert / on several of my boxes to ext3. > > Strange to me, on some boxes it perfectly worked while on others it > didn't. One of the differences found is that on the ok-boxes > mount reports: > /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) > > While on the not-ok-boxes, / is mounted from /dev/root but as ext2, > mount reports: > /dev/root on / type ext2 (rw)This is almost certainly caused by the fact that initrd is mounting the filesystem, and the ext3 filesystem isn't being loaded by the initrd script before it attempts to mount the root filesystem. - Ted