On Friday 28 December 2001 22:07, you 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? You need to add an ext3 journal to the filesystem before you can mount it as ext3. I remember having to reach a bit for the tools yet (not in .deb's) but they weren't hard to find. Check Freshmeat and Sourceforge. > -- Daniel Taylor dante at plethora.net