[TriLUG] confusion regarding need for initrd during boot

[scott jacobs]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 12:01:51PM -0500, Daniel T. Chen wrote:
> >   ok, so what's going on?  can ext3 filesystems be mounted
> > even without an available ext3 module or built-in support for
> > ext3 in the kernel?  what gives?
> 
> As long as the ext3 partition was cleanly unmounted, it can be mounted as
> ext2. Check your /etc/fstab settings.
> 

Wouldn't it be /etc/mtab that shows each currently mounted filesystem
and the filesystem type?

scott

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scott jacobs                                     plurimus corporation
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