On Saturday 11 December 2004 19:31, Brian Gaynor wrote: [...] >To disable the dir_index attribute > > 1. Boot into Linux single-user mode. > 2. Type the following: > > umount /dev/xxx > > > where xxx is the device name of the file system to convert. > 3. Press Enter. > 4. Type the following: > > tune2fs -O^dir_index /dev/xxx > > 5. Press Enter. > The dir_index file system attribute is removed. > 6. Restart the computer into Windows. > > >You should now be able to perform the operation on the partition > without producing the error message. Humm, could this also explain why, when dual booting between fc3rc3 and the emc "BDI-rc43", where the installed version of e2fsck is 1.35 in both instances, fc3rc3 boots just fine, but BDI-rc43 drops me to a shell and tells me to run e2fsck, which then reports it is too old and cannot handle that filesystem, *BUT*, I can ctl+d out of that shell and the boot to the morphix/debian 2.4.25-adeos kernel then continues with no ill effects? The only common partitions between the two boots are /swap and /boot, everything else is isolated on its own partitions, but each boots /etc/fstab does contain mounts of the others partitions. Grub in the mbr of course. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.30% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
