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On Thu, Apr 25 2013, Yuri K. Shatroff wrote: |
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> On 25.04.2013 18:26, gottlieb@×××.edu wrote: |
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>> I get the following in /var/log/messages |
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>> EXT3-fs (sda5): error: couldn't mount because of unsupported |
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>> optional features (240) |
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>> ... |
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>> EXT4-fs (sda5): couldn't mount as ext2 due to feature incompatibilities |
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>> ... |
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>> EXT4-fs (sda5): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) |
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>> Here is the entry in fstab |
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>> /dev/sda5 / ext4 noatime,discard 0 1 |
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>> I am having no difficulty, but seeing the first (error) message every |
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>> day in logwatch is annoying. |
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>> Since all my fs are ext4 I could remove ext3 support from the kernel |
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>> (3.5.4). Is that the recommended procedure? |
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> Yes, it is. Moreover, it is due to the ext3 legacy code that you are |
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> getting the EXT3 error (the first one) in /var/log/messages. |
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> Even if you remove ext3 legacy support from kernel, the ext2 and ext3 |
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> filesystems will be handled by the "new" ext4 code. |
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> As for the EXT4-fs message, probably it tries to mount the fs as ext2 |
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> first but it is not quite consistent for different fs, I'm getting it |
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> on some but not getting on others. |
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Thank you. |
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allan |
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