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authorKen Moffat <ken@linuxfromscratch.org>2006-05-07 12:42:05 +0000
committerKen Moffat <ken@linuxfromscratch.org>2006-05-07 12:42:05 +0000
commita92b3e7bdc36fa426be5283ce3ac2c55dc07de22 (patch)
tree8ed74538596609140c968c272e472569ac15bf35
parent9357812b469635c9cda11834aa2a75aba4cef479 (diff)
Move to ext3, resolves #1792.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7590 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
-rw-r--r--appendices/acronymlist.xml7
-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml10
-rw-r--r--chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml11
-rw-r--r--chapter08/fstab.xml2
-rw-r--r--general.ent4
5 files changed, 27 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/appendices/acronymlist.xml b/appendices/acronymlist.xml
index 24f52e980..4b5eb808d 100644
--- a/appendices/acronymlist.xml
+++ b/appendices/acronymlist.xml
@@ -170,6 +170,13 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis role="bold">ext3</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>third extended file system</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><emphasis role="bold">FAQ</emphasis></term>
<listitem>
<para>Frequently Asked Questions</para>
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index a48c61dd9..283b29f2b 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>May 7, 2006</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[ken] - Use ext3 filesystem instead of ext2.
+ Resolves ticket #1792.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>May 6, 2006</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
diff --git a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
index d9587d20f..14b9b72e7 100644
--- a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
+++ b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
@@ -14,14 +14,17 @@
The most widely-used system in the Linux world is the second extended file
system (<systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>), but with newer
high-capacity hard disks, journaling file systems are becoming increasingly
- popular. We will create an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>
+ popular. The third extended filesystem (<systemitem class="filesystem">ext3
+ </systemitem>) is a widely-used development of <systemitem class="filesystem">
+ ext2</systemitem> which adds a journal and is compatible with the E2fsprogs
+ utilities. We will create an <systemitem class="filesystem"> ext3</systemitem>
file system. Build instructions for other file systems can be found at
<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/filesystems.html"/>.</para>
- <para>To create an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem> file
+ <para>To create an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem> file
system on the LFS partition, run the following:</para>
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mke2fs -v /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mke2fs -jv /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>
<para>Replace <replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable> with the name of the LFS
partition (<filename class="devicefile">hda5</filename> in our previous
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ mkdir -v build
cd build
../configure
make #note that we intentionally don't 'make install' here!
-./misc/mke2fs -v /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable>
+./misc/mke2fs -jv /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable>
cd /tmp
rm -rfv e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</userinput></screen>
</note>
diff --git a/chapter08/fstab.xml b/chapter08/fstab.xml
index 144a9be25..f5e1ba626 100644
--- a/chapter08/fstab.xml
+++ b/chapter08/fstab.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
with the values appropriate for the system, for example, <filename
class="partition">hda2</filename>, <filename
class="partition">hda5</filename>, and <systemitem
- class="filesystem">ext2</systemitem>. For details on the six
+ class="filesystem">ext3</systemitem>. For details on the six
fields in this file, see <command>man 5 fstab</command>.</para>
<para>The <filename class="directory">/dev/shm</filename> mount point
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 3ec4818c2..b8fa6c31e 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060506">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "May 6, 2006">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060507">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "May 7, 2006">
<!ENTITY milestone "6.2">
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" -->