Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:34:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:34:59 -0500 Received: from ncc1701.cistron.net ([62.216.30.38]:42510 "EHLO ncc1701.cistron.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 06:34:58 -0500 From: miquels@cistron-office.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) Subject: Re: ext3 clings to you like flypaper Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 11:44:56 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Cistron Group Message-ID: References: <78320000.1045465489@[10.10.2.4]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: ncc1701.cistron.net 1045482296 26602 62.216.29.200 (17 Feb 2003 11:44:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@cistron.nl X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Originator: miquels@cistron-office.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 830 Lines: 20 In article <78320000.1045465489@[10.10.2.4]>, Martin J. Bligh wrote: >Added a journal to my root disk. >Mounted it ext3. >set my fstab back to ext2 >reboot. >Disk says it's mounted ext2 ("mount\n") >Mmmmm ... it STILL mounts ext3. >Allegedly this is a "feature". >Can we please remove this stupidity? The kernel does not read /etc/fstab when it mounts the root filesystem. Chicken - egg. Edit /etc/lilo.conf and set rootfstype. Mike. -- Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job -- Douglas Adams. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/