Re: document ext3 requirements

From: Sitsofe Wheeler
Date: Sun Jan 04 2009 - 14:08:25 EST


Theodore Tso wrote:
So what's the use case where people want to be able to mount a
filesystem needing recovery read/only without running the journal?

Corrupted SD card[1] that's been locked to read only for recovery purposes without having the FS tear itself apart further?

Others seem to be saying that it is useful for forensics...

[1] http://pavelmachek.livejournal.com/68701.html

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