Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 23:05:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 23:05:16 -0500 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:43281 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 23:05:13 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 23:02:58 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Davidsen To: Linux-Kernel Mailing List Subject: Ext2 vs. ext3 recovery after crash Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I have a laptop (Dell Inspiron C600) which, like most Dell laptops, crashes every time I log out of X. On some occasions on reboot I get a message about replaying the journal, while occasionally I get a full ext2 style multi-pass 12 minute recovery. I don't see why the ext3 isn't always used, I know it's going to crash, I always do a sync and wait ten seconds for journal writes, etc, to take place. I have tried all the usual, Redhat kernels, 2.4.17, 2.4.19, -aa, -ac, disable io-apc, disable apic, disable all power management, boot noapic (someone swore it wasn't enough to pull it out of the kernel ;-) all producing about 20% chance of slow reboot. Since I would have to spend my own money to replace this device with something functional before 2003, is there something I'm missing about why it does the slow cleanup? It was Redhat 7.1, updated fsutils and modutils, pcmcia packed, etc, to latest of Mar 15 this year, in case that matters. All kernels have ext3 compiled in, all work "most of the time." -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979. - 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/