On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 10:07:45PM -0600, Yaron wrote: > Hey, > > Ok, this is weird. I thought ext3 and ex2 were interchangable, so all > you'd need to do to swich was compile a kernel with ext3 support, and then > mount an ext2 partition as ext3. All the docs I read seem to indicate > that. > > However, when I try moounting an ext2 partition with -t ext3, I get: > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda5, > or too many mounted file systems > > > Can still mount it as ext2. This is on a debian/unstable with 2.4.17. > Anyone? > > -Yaron > First you need to convert the ext2 system to ext3. Run: tune2fs -j /dev/<xxxx> where <xxxx> is your disk partition, eg /dev/hda5. the tune2fs command creates a journal file and will let you mount the partition as ext3. -- _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list