[ale] Again with the filesystem recovery SOLUTION?

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GREAT! 
So we finally found an EASY solution for the ext3 recovery?!
Stick to ext2. I finally feel like I contributed something to this wonderful 
group, and I am taking all of my boxes back to ext2.

I recently converted my wife to Linux 8.0 and as a coincidence - my Win98SE CD 
no longer works (I/O errors as if the media was physically damaged). So we 
are Linux only now. Further, I was able to get the printer working in a few 
minutes with RedHat 8.0's easy to use printer configuration GUI (though it 
didn't help me select the correct driver).

I still suffer from weird crashes (seems like everyday) on my RedHat 8.0 
boxes. I'll try Geoffrey's tip about the AMD configuration first. I am 
leaving my machines pretty shabby for now in anticipation of 8.1 (due out in 
less than 30 days?).

Drew



On Tuesday 28 January 2003 02:17, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:46:39 -0600, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> >So apparently there is a way to convert the ext3 back to ext2 (either by
> >renaming the filesystem and claiming that it is ext2 - which I believe was
> > my "mistake") or by reformatting ext2 and recovering the data from there!
>
> Quoting from a RH manual:
> Reverting to an ext2 File System
>
> To revert a partition, you must first unmount the partition by logging in
> as root and typing:  umount /dev/hdbX
> In the above command, replace /dev/hdb with the device name and X with the
> partition number.  For the rest of this section, the sample commands will
> use <hdb1> for these values.
>
> Next, change the file system type to ext2 by typing the following command
> as root:
>            /sbin/tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/hdb1
>
> Note: that may be a -zero or a -"cap_o" in the command above and I can't
> tell which. The man page for tune2fs should have it, only I can't reach it
> as my Linux box has crashed (bad memory bank did me in)
>
> Check the partition for errors by typing the following command as root:
>
>           /sbin/e2fsck -y /dev/hdbi
>
> Then mount the partition again as ext2 file system by typing
>
>             mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 /mount/point
>
> replacing "mount/point" with the mount point of the partition
>
> Next, remove the .journal file at the root level of the partition by
> changing to the directory where it is mounted and tying:
>
>            rm -f .journal
>
> If you permanently change the partition to ext2, remember to update the
> /etc/fstab file.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Sean,
> who will be trying tomorrow to reinstall RH8.0
>
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