Use rsync -- create the ext3 directory  (/new) and:

rsync -av /old/  /new

Be sure and use the trailing / after /old to avoid it creating a /old dir
under /new..

There's no way I know of to directly convert a filesystem (other than ext2
to ext3) -- so you'll have to do some type of copy .. the above preserves
everything and hasn't failed me yet..

Scott

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Scully, William P <[email protected]>wrote:

> I believe that Reiser is no longer a preferred file system.  Does anyone
> know of a document which describes a well-accepted technique for
> migrating a server's file systems from one format to another?  Likely
> we'll be moving (back) to EXT3.
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers!
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