Name
tune2fs
Synopsis
tune2fs [options]device
System administration command. Tune the parameters of a Linux Second Extended Filesystem by adjusting various parameters. You must specify the device on which the filesystem resides; it must not be mounted read/write when you change its parameters.
Options
- -c max-mount-counts
Specify the maximum number of mount counts between two checks on the filesystem.
- -e behavior
Specify the kernel’s behavior when encountering errors. behavior must be one of:
- continue
Continue as usual.
- remount-ro
Remount the offending filesystem in read-only mode.
- panic
Cause a kernel panic.
- -f
Force completion even if there are errors.
- -g group
Allow group (a group ID or name) to use reserved blocks.
- -j
Add an ext3 journal to the filesystem. If specified without -J, use the default journal parameters.
- -J jrnl-options
Specify ext3 journal parameters as a comma-separated list of option=value pairs. The specified options override the default values. Only one size or device option can be specified for a filesystem. Possible options are:
- device=ext-jrnl
Attach to the journal block device on ext-jrnl, which must exist and must have the same block size as the filesystem to be journaled. ext-jrnl can be specified by its device name, by the volume label (LABEL=label), or by the Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) stored in the journal’s ext2 superblock (UUID=uuid; see uuidgen). Create the external journal with:
mke2fs -Ojrnl-devext-jrnl- size=jrnl-size
The size of the journal in megabytes. The size ...
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