[DRBD-user] DRBD and tunefs

Lars Ellenberg Lars.Ellenberg at linbit.com
Tue Feb 10 19:33:55 CET 2004

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/ 2004-02-10 16:50:19 -0000
\ Rafe Slattery:
> I think this should be a quickie.
> 
> I have drbd currently running happy on an ext2 file systems.
> I plan to do the following
> 
> #1 - tune2fs -j /dev/hda

uhm? no partition?

and, PLEASE do not do this when drbd is running, unload it first,
then do a full sync after that.

or use tunefs -j /dev/nbX on the primary while drbd is connected.
no sync required.

> #2 - edit /etc/fstab to change partition type to ext3 on both nodes
> #3 - change the fsck command in drbd.conf on both nodes
> #4 - reboot
> 
> assuming ext3 is built into the kernel already is there any reason for
> this not to work that people know of or am I missing any steps?
> 
> rafe

It Just Works.

	Lars Ellenberg




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