No, you do that when you run mkfs:
mkfs -t ext2 -j /dev/sda3
The -j installs the journal.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Wultsch" <
robert.wultsch@asu.edu>
To: <
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: / spanning multiple disks
> The question remains. Is there some way to install the journal during
> the debian install?
>
>
> David Mandala wrote:
>
> > 82 ext3 is ext2 with a journal.
> >
> > On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 19:12, Rob Wultsch wrote:
> >
> >>What is the hex code for ext3? ie 82 for ext2 or 83 for linux swap.
> >>
> >>Or do I make a ext3 in some other manner?
> >>
> >>shadow wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Rob Wultsch wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Tell me if I am making any mistakes here please. The order that I
will
> >>> > go in is something like:
> >>> >
> >>> > 1. Install debian with (assuming 1 gig =1024, other wise I will
reduce
> >>> > the linux native by an appriot amount):
> >>> > sda 1 /boot 50 MB (me thinks that 100 is a bit excessive
> >>> > 2 / 871 MB ext2
> >>> > * 3 swap 103 MB swap
> >>> >
> >>> > sdb 1 swap 153 MB swap
> >>> > * 2 871 MB ext2
> >>> >
> >>> > *my sun has 288 MB ram so I do not think that I will be doing a ton
of
> >>> > swapping
> >>> >
> >>> > 2. Convert ext2 into a ext3 (I have instructions on how to do that
> >>> > somewhere)
> >>>
> >>>I would check out the bf24 floppies to install Debian. The bf24
> >>>floppies include the 2.4.18 kernel and native support for ext3 and
> >>>reiserfs. I've been using them on x86 for over two years without a
> >>>problem, but YMMV on Sparc.
> >>>
> >>>
>
>
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