Re: Problems with ext3

Amit D Chaudhary
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:14:07 -0000

Edgar,

As far as I see there is nothing wrong with the partition, if you change
it from /(root) you should be able to mount it directly as long as the
kernel supports ext3 filesystem and you use the correct -t option. Not
even necessary to repair it.

This is a guess, but what most probably happened is that ext3 is builtin
as a module or the mount statement in the initrd in /linuxrc was not
updated from ext2 to ext3.

Regards
Amit




Edgar Alwers wrote:
> Thanks for your help through my colleague Beatriz Botero.
>
> I could boot the box in maintenance modus, edit /etc/fstab and exclude
> /dev/hdb2 from booting. After that, I could at least boot up normally my
> first hd.
>
> Now one question and one general remark.
>
> The question: how could I  try to rescue the /dev/hdb2 partition ? I mean,
do
> I have to formate the disk or what could be a better procedure ? And would
a
> format solve my problem ?
>
> The general remark: after this experience, I would strongly recomend _not_
> to_change a running ext2 partition in an ext3 one, as it seems that
recovery
> processes in the event of a crash and consequential forced check may have
> catastrophal consequences. I had downloaded the newest e2fsprogs version
1.27
> and even this program could not repair the partition. Not imaginable what
> would have happened, if I would have also changed the partition containing
> root !
>
> I would like to have your opinion on this remark !
> Thanks again for your help
> Edgar
>