Re: document ext3 requirements

[Duane Griffin]

[Fixed top-posting]

2009/1/3 Martin MOKREJŠ <mmokrejs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Pavel Machek wrote:
>> readonly mount does actually write to the media in some cases. Document that.
>>
> Can one avoid replay of the journal then if it would be unclean?
> Just curious.

Nope. If the underlying block device is read-only then mounting the
filesystem will fail. I tried to fix this some time ago, and have a
set of patches that almost always work, but "almost always" isn't good
enough. Unfortunately I never managed to figure out a way to finish it
off without disgusting hacks or major surgery.

> M.

Cheers,
Duane.

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