Re: Convert ext2 to ext3?

From: Nathan Poznick (poznick_at_conwaycorp.net)
Date: 11/28/03

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    Thus spake Scarletdown:
    > I'm in the process of putting Debian on my test-system, and I noticed
    > that the filesystem defaults to ext2.#160; Is there an easy way to
    > nondestructively convert to ext3?

    tune2fs -j PARTITION

    Then simply change fstab to mount them as ext3 instead of ext2. If
    you're converting your root partition, a reboot will be in order, since
    you won't be able to umount/mount it to make the change take effect. 

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Nathan Poznick <poznick@conwaycorp.net>
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