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202-400 · Question #102

Journalling doesn't appear to be working on an ext3 file-system. When booting, the following line appears: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. What could be causing the problem?

The correct answer is B. The kernel does not contain ext3 support. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

Journalling doesn't appear to be working on an ext3 file-system. When booting, the following line appears: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. What could be causing the problem?

Options

  • AAn old version of e2fsprogs is installed.
  • BThe kernel does not contain ext3 support.
  • CThe file-system is specified as ext2 in /etc/fstab.
  • DThe system was not shut down cleanly.

How the community answered

(14 responses)
  • B
    79% (11)
  • C
    7% (1)
  • D
    14% (2)

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