Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:40:42 -0400 (EDT) | From | George <> | Subject | Re: ext2 fs not properly updated upon dismount. |
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On 16 Jun 1998, Anders Melchiorsen wrote:
>dwguest@win.tue.nl (Guest section DW) writes: > >> > I believe the partition type should be 82 (Linux swap). >> >> NOTHING in the kernel should depend on a partition type. > >I think it is reasonable to assume that fsck will get confused if a >swap partition is marked as containing an ext2 file system.
I doubt he has that partition in his /etc/fstab as ext2 or that he's explicitly running fsck on it. So fsck won't be running on the swap partition, he had problems with the root filesystem remember?
-George
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