Re: [opensuse] How to tell what format is a partions

On 08/06/2008 07:58 AM, Chuck Payne wrote:
Randall's worked, the others only read the fstab. Thanks for all your
help. I wish I could use a program to change it from ext2 to ext3
without formatting the drive.

You can. Check tune2fs. Specifically, tune2fs -j will add the journal and make the fs ext3. Man tune2fs for more info.

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Joe Morris
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