Hi,

Setting up a new VPS and I followed all the instructions in the Linode Library [url]https://library.linode.com/custom-instances/pv-grub-howto[/url for using stock kernel on Debian 7 Wheezy. It's booting up fine but I noticed that on boot, I get the following:

Booting 'Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.2.0-4-amd64'

root  (hd0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, using whole disk
kernel  /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 root=/dev/xvda console=hvc0 ro quiet
initrd  /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64

Disk is ext3 and the output of 'df -T' reports it as ext3. The kernel log shows this:

EXT3-fs (xvda): mounted filesystem with writeback data mode

Why is it reporting the filesytem type as ext2 initially? Is this a problem and if so, what do I need to do to fix it? My google-fu has failed me on this one.

Thanks for your help.

Terry

The first message is from pv-grub, not the kernel, and it's probably saying ext2 because ext3 is just ext2 with journaling, which means you can use an ext2 driver to read ext3 filesystems, which is probably what pv-grub is doing.

What you should really care about is what the kernel says (in the output of `df -T` or `mount`). Since it says ext3, there's nothing for you to be concerned about.

Thanks for the response and explanation. I appreciate it.

Terry