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#1 2010-08-07 10:52:40

darkraven
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Registered: 2009-06-08
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ext4 ,reported as ext2

My root filesystem is absolutely ext4,but is reported as ext2

tune2fs -l /dev/root output:
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Filesystem features: has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype needs_recovery extent flex_bg sparse_super large_file uninit_bg dir_nlink
...

df -T output:
/dev/root ext2 12G 6.9G 3.7G 65% /
...

dmesg output:
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[ 1.060018] EXT4-fs (sda7): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 1.060029] VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly on device 8:7.
...

Kernel version:2.6.35-git4

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#2 2010-08-07 10:53:18

darkraven
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Re: ext4 ,reported as ext2

blkid output:
/dev/sda7: UUID="e3d0481d-fd1c-473a-a793-62e19249120d" TYPE="ext4"

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#3 2010-08-07 13:50:22

graysky
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Re: ext4 ,reported as ext2

Odd, mine are fine:

$ df -Th
Filesystem    Type    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1     ext4     12G  3.2G  8.1G  29% /

Is it your kernel?  I'm running 2.6.35-ck whereas you appear to have the .35-git4 - maybe downgrade to .35 stable or upgrade to .35-git5.

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#4 2010-08-07 14:01:22

Gusar
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Registered: 2009-08-25
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Re: ext4 ,reported as ext2

Do you use the ext4 driver also for ext2/3 (it's a setting in the kernel)? In this case the message says ext2. But rest assured it's just the message, the filesystem itself is definitely ext4. If the bogus message really bothers you, then add "rootfstype=ext4" to your kernel commandline in grub.

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