Document the -f flag to tune2fs.

diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog
index 0e1a038..0f3c5bb 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-01-27  Theodore Tso  <tytso@valinux.com>
+
+       * tune2fs.8.in: Document the -f flag to tune2fs.
+
 2002-01-02  Theodore Tso  <tytso@valinux.com>
 
        * badblocks.c (main): Open the device as O_RDWR if possible, since

diff --git a/misc/tune2fs.8.in b/misc/tune2fs.8.in
index e47485c..7437994 100644 (file)
--- a/misc/tune2fs.8.in
+++ b/misc/tune2fs.8.in
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ tune2fs \- adjust tunable filesystem parameters on second extended filesystems
 .I errors-behavior
 ]
 [
+.B \-f
+]
+[
 .B \-i
 .I interval-between-checks
 ]
@@ -130,6 +133,20 @@ Remount filesystem read-only.
 Cause a kernel panic.
 .RE
 .TP
+.B \-f
+Force the tune2fs operation to complete even in the face of errors.  This 
+option is useful when removing the 
+.B has_journal
+filesystem feature from a filesystem which has 
+an external journal (or is corrupted
+such that it appears to have an external journal), but that 
+external journal is not available.   
+.sp
+.B WARNING:
+Removing an external journal from a filesystem which was not cleanly unmounted
+without first replaying the external journal can result in
+severe data loss and filesystem corruption.
+.TP
 .BI \-g " group"
 Set the group which can use reserved filesystem blocks.
 The