File system locked on upgrade

[Derek Broughton]

David S Angulo wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Derek Broughton<derek at pointerstop.ca>
> wrote:
>> Why are you still using ext2?  It really isn't smart, and it's so easy to
>> add a journal and turn it into ext3 (see tune2fs).  Then if you manage to
>> turn off the machine without properly shutting down, it'll be able to
>> recover properly.
>> --
>> derek
>>
> 
> I read the man page for tune2fs.  I don't see what this or fsck have
> to do with my failed upgrade, and I don't know what you're suggesting
> I do with tune2fs.  I see to add a journal I should do
> 
>     tune2fs -j
> 
> Is that it?  WIll that make it ext3?  Will I need to change
> /etc/fstab? 

Yes, yes, and yes.

> Will I need to change anything else?  

No.

> How will that help my read-only status?

It won't do a thing to help _this_ time, but it will make it far less likely 
to happen again in the future.
-- 
derek