[gentoo-user] Re: memory(gray matter) needs jog-DONE
On 10/30/2009 10:26 AM, Stroller wrote: On 30 Oct 2009, at 17:04, Maxim Wexler wrote: ... Yes I know, ext2 is rather retro, but I was persuaded to use it by reading the forums and now it's a lot simpler just to run tune2fs rather thman scrap the system and start again. 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.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: memory(gray matter) needs jog-DONE
On 10/30/09, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/30/2009 10:26 AM, Stroller wrote: On 30 Oct 2009, at 17:04, Maxim Wexler wrote: ... Yes I know, ext2 is rather retro, but I was persuaded to use it by reading the forums and now it's a lot simpler just to run tune2fs rather thman scrap the system and start again. 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. mw
[gentoo-user] Re: memory(gray matter) needs jog-DONE
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.
