/.journal ... whazzat?

[David Mandala]

If you convert an existing ext2 to ext3 while it's mounted the journal
file shows up but is in use. Don't mess with it. If you use a boot CD
you can use tune2fs (I think thats the name) while the partition is
unmounted to make the journal hidden. This is normal.


On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 20:24, Nathan England wrote:
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> You're right, it is a bad idea, but I didn't make myself very clear. Once the 
> journal has been created and is initialized, you won't be able to see it. 
> (Shouldn't be able to see it)  So it seems to me as though that is just a 
> file taking up space.
> If you have a knoppix cd handy, boot it, mount the drive, move that journal, 
> then try to boot it, and see what happens. I would bet it works the same. If 
> it doesn't, you can boot back to knoppix and put the journal back.
> 
> I've converted many ext2 to ext3 while mounted and not mounted and have only 
> seen the journal while it is being created.. And it was on a RedHat machine 
> if I remember correctly.
> 
> I didn't so much mean you weren't running ext3 as I meant I really doubt it is 
> using that file.
> 
> nathan.
> 
> Am 21 Samstag, Dezember 2002 17:14 schrieb Lynn David Newton:
> >   ne> ... It sounds to me as if you are not really
> >   ne> running ext3.
> >
> > I'm quite sure it is.
> >
> >   ne>		    When you machine boots up, does it
> >   ne> give an error about not finding ext3 and mounting
> >   ne> it as ext2?
> >
> > No, never has.
> >
> >   ne> I may be totally wrong.
> >
> >   ne> On the other hand, I bet if you deleted that file
> >   ne> (move it somewhere else, where you can retrieve
> >   ne> it later) everything will be okay. ...
> >
> > With all due respect, I think that sounds like a very
> > bad idea. But thank you for the response.
> 
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