Use "auto" instead of ext3 in /etc/fstab. That way if you boot an old kernel (i.e. slackware boot CD) for some reason, you will still be able to mount the filesystems :) Tom Veldhouse veldy71 at yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Wagner" <mwagner at mysql.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] ReiserFS vs ext3 for Squid Server > Mike Hicks writes: > > Matt Wagner <mwagner at mysql.com> wrote: > > > > > > However, you gotta love the compatibility of EXT3 with EXT2. Just load > > > the kernel module, and remount your already existing EXT2 squid cache > > > partition as EXT3. And voila, you have journaling. > > > > Do you have to add a journal manually with some utility (tune2fs?) as > > well, or does it get created automatically? > > You have to manually create the journal with 'tune2fs -j > /dev/hdx'. Then mount as EXT3. > > > Matt > > -- > For technical support contracts, visit https://order.mysql.com/ > __ ___ ___ ____ __ > / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Mr. Matt Wagner <mwagner at mysql.com> > / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, Herr Direktor > /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ Hopkins, Minnesota USA > <___/ www.mysql.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >