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From: Tom H <tomh0665@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mkfs.ext4 -j /dev/sdb1
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:54:40
Message-Id: AANLkTikhoQSdwo2WF6d=zaOig51ZS5JWAhxwa6AvRCuT@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] mkfs.ext4 -j /dev/sdb1 by James
1 On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 4:07 PM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > I just added a new drive to an existing system
4 > using an ext4 (journaled) file system.
5 >
6 > I was not sure about using the -j option
7 > so I did it anyway. Correct assumption?
8 > Irrelevant?  no examples to ponder.
9 >
10 > comments or observations on the -j option
11 > with ext4?
12
13 The "-j" option is redundant. mkfs.extX call mke2fs. Take a look at
14 "/etc/mke2fs.conf".