Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 08:40:02 +0200 From: Sasa Stupar <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting ext3 problem Message-ID: <BEBFF20B4EA489C10866A944@[192.168.10.249]> In-Reply-To: <433E00E2.7090806@nawcom.com> References: <346061EE2E91E3AAD03DD354@[192.168.10.249]> <433E00E2.7090806@nawcom.com>
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--On 30. september 2005 23:22 -0400 nawcom <nawcom@nawcom.com> wrote: > ext3 is compatible w/ext2 when the dirty bit is not set. When > it is set (one common reason is the filesystem not being correctly > unmounted), journal rollback is necessary which only ext3 can handle. > > thats why running fsck_ext2fs on the partition should take care of the > issues. > > it doesn't mean your partition is actually "dirty", its just that freebsd > doesn't (usually) attempt to mount partitions that were incorrectly > unmounted. > > Let me know if it works. If you dont have ext2 support in fsck yet - you > can find the source in /usr/ports/sysutils/fsck_ext2fs > > -Ben I can't find that port. I have cvsup my ports and I have even searched on the FreeBSD home page of ports collection but it didn't find it. Are you sure about the name? Sasa
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