Re: document ext3 requirements

From: Duane Griffin
Date: Sat Jan 03 2009 - 18:38:40 EST


2009/1/3 Martin MOKREJŠ <mmokrejs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hmm, so if my dual-boot machine does not shutdown correctly and I boot
> accidentally in M$ Win where I use ext2 IFS driver and modify some
> stuff on the ext3 drive, after a while reboot to linux and the journal
> get re-played ... Mmm ...

You *really* wouldn't want to be doing that.

The other scenario that people have reported trouble with is
suspending the system, booting a live CD which "read-only" mounts the
filesystem (and replays the journal), then resuming.

Cheers,
Duane.

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