Re: ext3 status?

From: Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Date: Fri Mar 03 2000 - 09:47:02 EST


Hi,

On Thu, 02 Mar 2000 09:20:21 -0700, "Jeff V. Merkey"
<jmerkey@timpanogas.com> said:

> I am assuming that the journal is being handled as a file (since it's
> represented as an inode),

It is for now, but the 1.0 release will use a hidden inode which won't
appear in the directory space.

> so after the convert, if I create the journal file empty, or not at
> all, EXT3 will auto-create it the first time the volume is mounted?

Just create it empty and tell ext3 which inode it is in, and it will
initialise it internally on first mount, yes.

> Are there any meta-files other than the journal on EXT3 that may require
> to be present empty or with default data after the conversion less
> inodes and data extent records?

No.

--Stephen

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