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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><xxx></replaceable></userinput></screen> +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mke2fs -jv /dev/<replaceable><xxx></replaceable></userinput></screen> <para>Replace <replaceable><xxx></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><xxx></replaceable> +./misc/mke2fs -jv /dev/<replaceable><xxx></replaceable> cd /tmp rm -rfv e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</userinput></screen> </note> |