X won't run -Solved

[wimpy]

The ext3 save file should have a .3fs extension as far as I know

The trouble is that you can create a file with the 3fs extension quite easily, without it necessarily being a ext3 file. I thought that you needed to use mke2fs and e2fsck to convert a file to ext2 or ext3. I'm looking for a file ext checker at the moment

[Latitude]

If you boot up with a different Pupsave, right-click on the 3fs Pupsave and select Properties, down the bottom it will tell what it's filesystem is.

[nic007]

pass

[nic007]

The ext3 save file should have a .3fs extension as far as I know

The trouble is that you can create a file with the 3fs extension quite easily, without it necessarily being a ext3 file. I thought that you needed to use mke2fs and e2fsck to convert a file to ext2 or ext3. I'm looking for a file ext checker at the moment

Create the save file manually, example:

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dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/home/savefile.3fs bs=1k count=750000

followed by:

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mkfs.ext3 -q -m 0 -F /mnt/home/savefile.3fs

Just change to correct path for savefile, correct name of savefile and decide on the size. Above is for a 750MB save file

[wimpy]

@Latitude and @nic007
My thanks to both of you. That sort of information is just what I wanted to know and it's not that easy to find.

[mikeb]

mount should list its filetype in there....

tune2fs -j can add a journal... ie convert ext2 to ext3.

replacing /usr.... did that not affect added software?.

Nice one for getting X working again... can be a pain.

mike

[nic007]

@Latitude and @nic007
My thanks to both of you. That sort of information is just what I wanted to know and it's not that easy to find.

Or a little bash script, something like this:

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#!/bin/sh
dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/home/savefile.3fs bs=1k count=750000
sleep 5
mkfs.ext3 -q -m 0 -F /mnt/home/savefile.3fs

[wimpy]

@mikeb Yes, it is a pain - but a really interesting journey. I didn't mention that some of the removals ended in a kernel panic. This time I had backups, before each move. One of the things I also did was to uninstall and reinstall software such as firefox, samba, etc. through the package manager. I still have a few to go, but nothing appears to be broken as yet. I'd like to do a file by file check between the dud and the working one, but life intrudes - leaky cistern, new curtain rods and curtains,etc.
@nic007 I used convert-pupsave to switch from ext2 to ext3. It worked, but I had to be booted into the system to do the conversion. I could have used your script instead and copied over the files.
@Latitude I booted Precise from another partition and used your method to check the pupsave files on the Lucid partition. The 3fs ones were ext3 - which was nice.

[mikeb]

leaky cisterns..they are the worst.

random 35 knot winds were not much fun either .... fine if you want to leave the country in a hurry though

mike

ps radio Caroline is alive and floating it seems!