Forgive my novice question, but I am a new student of Linux working on presenting the ext3 journaling filesystem to my class. I seek any advice on how to visibly demonstrate (including a purposeful crash of a Linux box) the benefits of ext3 over ext2. I am not worthy to lick the bootstraps of this group, but I beg for any help! The problem I am having extends to even locating the .journal file on my 7.2 install. Help, and thanks in advance! Steve in Texas
Forgive my novice question, but I am a new student of Linux working on presenting the ext3 journaling filesystem to my class. I seek any advice on how to visibly demonstrate (including a purposeful crash of a Linux box) the benefits of ext3 over ext2. I am not worthy to lick the bootstraps of this group, but I beg for any help! The problem I am having extends to even locating the .journal file on my 7.2 install. Help, and thanks in advance! Steve Shaw
On May 12 Steve and/or Judy Shaw wrote:>Forgive my novice question, but I am a new student of Linux working on >presenting the ext3 journaling filesystem to my class. I seek any advice >on how to visibly demonstrate (including a purposeful crash of a Linux >box) the benefits of ext3 over ext2. I am not worthy to lick the >bootstraps of this group, but I beg for any help! The problem I am >having extends to even locating the .journal file on my 7.2 install. >Help, and thanks in advance!Hi, The journal inode is not always visible; recent e2fsck will hide it if it is (except for a volume currently mounted)! tune2fs -l /dev/whatever will show you if it "has_journal", and, if so, what its inode/UUID/device are. HTH, Matt
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 06:03:43PM -0500, Steve and/or Judy Shaw wrote:> Forgive my novice question, but I am a new student of Linux working on > presenting the ext3 journaling filesystem to my class. I seek any advice > on how to visibly demonstrate (including a purposeful crash of a Linux > box) the benefits of ext3 over ext2. I am not worthy to lick the > bootstraps of this group, but I beg for any help! The problem I am > having extends to even locating the .journal file on my 7.2 install. > Help, and thanks in advance!Hit the power switch and see which comes back up the fastest. -- -- Skylar Thompson (skylar@attglobal.net)