how to switch off ...

Xing · 10-03-2003, 06:26 AM

if the unmount is unclean, the disk is forced into checking hard disk

how do we turn it off....

Regards
Xing

guygriffiths · 10-06-2003, 04:46 AM

I think it only happens with ext2. Try ext3.

Xing · 10-13-2003, 05:59 AM

if i change my filesystem , does it not mean that i wil have to format my disk so i will be losing precious data... is there any other way out... ????

glj · 10-13-2003, 06:09 AM

You won't have to format if you upgrade from ext2 to ext3. I think you can change the entries in /etc/fstab to read ext3 instead of ext2 and reboot. It should be using ext3 without any more hassle.
Still, be careful when playing with fstab entries...

glj

guygriffiths · 10-13-2003, 07:33 AM

before you do that, do this:
tune2fs -j /dev/hdxx
This will add journalling support to the filesystem, thus making it ext3. Then the updated fstab entries will definitely work.