[arch-general] partition mount, strange entry in log

Jason Steadman mail at meyithi.com
Thu Mar 8 02:31:57 EST 2012


On 8 March 2012 07:28, gt <static.vortex at gmx.com> wrote:

> From the past few weeks, i get this in the log during boot:
>
> kernel: [    8.165927] EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounting ext3 file
> system using the ext4 subsystem
> kernel: [    8.194637] EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem
> with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
>
> Here's the relevant part of the fstab:
>
> UUID=<------> /mnt/sdb1 ext3
> auto,users,rw,exec,noatime 0 2
>
> I understand that this isn't anything worrysome, but what exactly does
> this mean: "using the ext4 subsytem"
>
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It means exactly what is says, Arch now uses ext4 to mount ext2/3
partitions.

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Jason Steadman


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