From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 19:41:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 19:41:28 -0400 Received: from mercury.is.co.za ([196.4.160.222]:44556 "HELO mercury.is.co.za") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 18 Aug 2001 19:41:22 -0400 Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 01:40:21 +0200 From: Dewet Diener To: Riley Williams Cc: Stephen C Tweedie , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: ext3 partition unmountable Message-ID: <20010819014021.B26332@darkwing.flatlit.net> In-Reply-To: <20010818235211.A24646@darkwing.flatlit.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from rhw@MemAlpha.CX on Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:04:41PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:04:41PM +0100, Riley Williams wrote: > The relevant mount option is to specify the ext3 rather than the ext2 > file system, and the flag you refer to gets set if ANYBODY sets the > "COMPRESS THIS FILE" flag on ANY file on that file system. As far as I > can tell, nothing ever resets that flag, even if the last file that > was compressed gets uncompressed. I doubt that ever happened - its pretty much a single-user system, and I can't say that I quite know *how* to set that flag in the first place :) > You have an old version of tune2fs, and need to get the one that knows > about ext3 or alternatively apply the patch that was distributed some > time ago and recompile - I'm not sure which. > > Stephen: What's the current status regarding tune2fs and ext3, I'm a > tad out of date in this respect? I'm running e2fsprogs-1.22 (which is later than the one specified from Documentation/Changes), so I kinda assumed everything was fine... Dewet