How do I convert an ext2 file system to ext3? I know Ive done this before, but cant remember the command, and my searching hasnt turned up anything...
And while Im at it... WHY is it that sometimes when you install FC4 you get the option to build ext3 file systems and other times you DONT?
The current conversion is due to the latter fact. I just put a new disk in a PII machine, and when I got to the disk stuff, I could only make an ext2 file system.
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 19:33 -0700, Reg Clemens wrote:
How do I convert an ext2 file system to ext3? I know Ive done this before, but cant remember the command, and my searching hasnt turned up anything...
In theory, it should be as simple as adding a journal to the partition and remounting it (rebooting if it's the root filesystem):
# /sbin/tune2fs -j /dev/partition # /sbin/reboot
Hope that helps!
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 19:33 -0700, Reg Clemens wrote:
How do I convert an ext2 file system to ext3? I know Ive done this before, but cant remember the command, and my searching hasnt turned up anything...
In theory, it should be as simple as adding a journal to the partition and remounting it (rebooting if it's the root filesystem):
# /sbin/tune2fs -j /dev/partition # /sbin/reboot
Hope that helps!
Thanks, that did it. I KNOW thats not how I did it last time, but its results that count.
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 19:33 -0700, Reg Clemens wrote:
How do I convert an ext2 file system to ext3? I know Ive done this before, but cant remember the command, and my searching hasnt turned up anything...
And while Im at it... WHY is it that sometimes when you install FC4 you get the option to build ext3 file systems and other times you DONT?
The current conversion is due to the latter fact. I just put a new disk in a PII machine, and when I got to the disk stuff, I could only make an ext2 file system.
When you format an ext2 filesystem the -j option creates it as an ext3. Man mke2fs for the details.
Installing is another matter. You should always be able to select ext3 as one of the filesystem types to create (assuming you select the manual partitioning method of course).
-- Reg.Clemens reg@dwf.com
Installing is another matter. You should always be able to select ext3 as one of the filesystem types to create (assuming you select the manual partitioning method of course).
Yea, but thats what I was complaining about. Ive done a dozen or so Fedora4 installs, and on 1/2 or a 1/3 of them ext3 was NOT an option when I got to Disk Druid (I always go off with a <ctl><alt><f2> and use fdisk to REALLY partition the disk, then come back and put the 'root' thingie in with Disk Druid)
In any case, strange.