Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:30:06 GMT From: "Dylan Cochran" <a134qaed@gmail.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/88512: [patch] mount_ext2fs(8) man page has no details on Message-ID: <200801272230.m0RMU6EI050080@freefall.freebsd.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The following reply was made to PR docs/88512; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Dylan Cochran" <a134qaed@gmail.com> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: "Tom Rhodes" <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>, ivoras@fer.hr Subject: Re: docs/88512: [patch] mount_ext2fs(8) man page has no details on Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:52:09 -0500 It's not a bug that FreeBSD only has a ext2fs driver, so it should be a sort of note for ext2fs(5), it supports ext2 filesystems only, however, if e2fsck is ran on an ext3 filesystem, it becomes nearly identical to an ext2 filesystem, and can be mounted. When the journal feature is in use, it must always be e2fsck'd before mounting, due to normal filesystem consistancy issues. There are corner cases where it can be dangerous to not follow that exact procedure, due to a wide range of ext2 filesystem driver implementations available for different kernels. It's become so common of an issue that I have an automatic 'run e2fsck' response whenever 'ext3' and 'freebsd' are mentioned in the same sentence.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200801272230.m0RMU6EI050080>