From 177ab2bebeb913317b744b9ae0bcbd7aeefa1e5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 18:23:49 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Document the -f flag to tune2fs. --- misc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ misc/tune2fs.8.in | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog index 0e1a038..0f3c5bb 100644 --- a/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2002-01-27 Theodore Tso + + * tune2fs.8.in: Document the -f flag to tune2fs. + 2002-01-02 Theodore Tso * 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 --- 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 -- 1.8.3.1