on this subjects is there any tool to chnage a partition from ext2 to ext3 without losing the data on it. and may be to chnage partition size also (like partition magic)
Bernard George Mitchell wrote: > Brian J. Murrell wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 08:30:49PM +0100, Danny Tholen wrote: >> >>> I wonder how *safe* ext3 is. >>> >> >> I wouldn't fall 10 stories on to it and hope to live. >> >>> I accidently filled up my /usr partition, and 10 min later >>> 'ls' gave segfaults. >>> >> >> Yeah. >> >>> The file turned out to be corrupted.... >>> >> >> Which file? ls? How did you determine it was corrupted? >> >>> No idea if this is related, or even caused by ext3...but suspicious >>> nontheless. Anyone else >>> problems with filesystem when partitions full? >>> >> >> Uhm, yeah. Lots of problems when filesystems fill up. :-) Don't >> fill up filesystems! :-) Use LVM -- although even LVM can't "create" >> diskspace that is just not there. :-) >> >> b. >> >> > Oh, and remember ext3 is just ext2 with a journal and a refined recovery > routine. Whenever a file system gets full, anything left sitting in > memory is playing musical chairs with whatever little space is left. And > the end result usually has little to do with the specific file system > type. My personal experience with ext3 (I used reiserfs prior to 8.1) > is that it is solid as a rock. My machine hangs up on USB unload > consistantly, and I have NEVER had a problem on reboot. I am using a > combination of ext3 and reiserfs for 100% journaling. I LIKE IT! > > > > >
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