tune2fs

Theodore Tso tytso at MIT.EDU
Mon Sep 8 21:02:25 UTC 2008


On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 09:27:32PM +0200, Lorenzo Allegrucci wrote:
> Hi all, I was wondering if it's safe to run tune2fs with the -c or -i option
> on a rw mounted filesystem.
> Should I remount read only first? My man page doesn't mention it.

It is safe to use tune2fs on an rw-mounted filesystem; tune2fs is very
careful about how it modifies the superblock in order to make it safe.

	      	     	      	  	     	- Ted




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