quote: Original post by flure
Hi !
i''m using ext2 on a redhat 7.3, i have a dual boot with windows (which i use lesser everyday), with one partition for each, so is there a way for me to turn my ext2 partition into an ext3 one without having to reinstall everything ?
thanks in advance
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flure
Assuming you have backups of your partitions and that your HD is IDE with the following partitions:
/dev/hda1 -> /boot
/dev/hda3 -> /
as root, type: tune2fs -j /dev/hda1 && tune2fs -j /dev/hda3 (if you have more partitions, just do so for each partition you want to convert).
Then edit /etc/fstab and change the file system of the partitions you just changed to "ext3" (don''t change anything else though
). Reboot.Note: it is very important that your kernel has ext3 support (either built-in or as a module), or you''ll run into some problems (in which case you can boot in single user mode, mount the partition holding /etc as ext2 and change everything back to ext2, that''s the beauty of ext3
).Of course if you''re careful, you''ll first try to apply this to a partition that''s not too vital to your system (like /usr/local or even /home), then proceed one partition at a time (and remember to backup).
Check the tune2fs(8) man page for more infos if you want to set some additionnal options.
Hope this helps.
