Re: ext3 vs resiserfs vs xfs

[Mike Fedyk]

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 02:00:53PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Mike Fedyk wrote:
> > 
> > I have a switch "data=journal" that ext2 will choke on when I boot into an
> > ext2 only kernel.
> > 
> > Is there another way to change the journaling mode besides modifying
> > /etc/fstab?
> 
> Try  adding `rootflags=data=journal' to your kernel boot
> commandline.
>

Oh, JOY!

adding that line to an ext2 only kernel will make it kernel panic when it
tries to mount root because it doesn't understand the option!

Mike