Yes, I think you're OK as ext3 is just ext2 plus a journal and you're 
mounting readonly. You should just be able to reboot with the ext3 kernel 
and go on w/o trouble.

--rdp

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Mark Polhamus wrote:

> I can't seem to find a definitive answer in the FAQs, so:
> 
> Can I mount a (cleanly unmounted) ext3 filesystem as an ext2 filesystem -- 
> readonly, then go back and mount it as an ext3 filesystem again without 
> converting it from ext2 back to ext3?
> 
> I want to look at the filesystem using 2 different kernels, one of which does 
> not have ext3 support.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> -- Mark Polhamus
> 
> 
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