On 10/30/2009 02:12 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: > On 10/30/09, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 10/30/2009 10:26 AM, Stroller wrote:
>>> I know you can convert an ext3 filesystem to ext4. Can you not do the >>> same ext2 -> ext3? >> >> Yes, with the -j flag to tune2fs > > And it doesn't destroy the files? If so, that's good news. The man page says you can even do it to a mounted filesystem, but I'd be more comfortable running tune2fs -j from a live CD or similar. I haven't actually done this since ext3 became the standard many years ago, but I'm pretty sure I converted unmounted partitions. YMMV, naturally, and you might want to sacrifice a live chicken in front of the computer before starting. Couldn't hurt.
