# tune2fs -O ^has_journal -f /dev/loop0 The needs_recovery flag is set. Please run e2fsck before clearing the has_journal flag. tune2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) # tune2fs -l /dev/loop0 tune2fs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) Filesystem volume name: Last mounted on: Filesystem UUID: 45ee3919-bce0-4395-bf2d-830675247591 Filesystem magic number: 0xEF53 Filesystem revision #: 1 (dynamic) Filesystem features: has_journal ext_attr resize_inode dir_index filetype needs_recovery sparse_super large_file Filesystem flags: signed_directory_hash Default mount options: journal_data Filesystem state: clean Errors behavior: Continue Filesystem OS type: Linux Inode count: 32768 Block count: 131072 Reserved block count: 6553 Free blocks: 0 Free inodes: 12758 First block: 0 Block size: 4096 Fragment size: 4096 Reserved GDT blocks: 31 Blocks per group: 32768 Fragments per group: 32768 Inodes per group: 8192 Inode blocks per group: 512 Filesystem created: Thu Apr 2 13:36:19 2009 Last mount time: Thu Apr 2 22:28:14 2009 Last write time: Thu Apr 2 22:28:14 2009 Mount count: 2 Maximum mount count: 25 Last checked: Thu Apr 2 13:46:58 2009 Check interval: 15552000 (6 months) Next check after: Tue Sep 29 13:46:58 2009 Reserved blocks uid: 0 (user root) Reserved blocks gid: 0 (group root) First inode: 11 Inode size: 256 Required extra isize: 28 Desired extra isize: 28 Journal UUID: 797b5e1e-edba-40d2-835c-2018ecb8c504 Journal device: 0x0701 Default directory hash: half_md4 Directory Hash Seed: 884b5714-f786-48ab-88f9-a0cea4ef871c Journal backup: inode blocks