I also have a problem with the ext3. I ghosted the partition to another partition and the linux started and informed me that he disable ext3 and leave it with ext2. Does any1 knows how do i restore it to ext3? it works fine but its now ext2 but without a journaling features. btw, its redhat 7.2
* - * - * Tzahi Fadida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax (+1 Outside the US) 240-597-3213 My Cool Site: HTTP://WWW.My2Nis.Com * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * WARNING TO SPAMMERS: see at http://members.lycos.co.uk/my2nis/spamwarning.html > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Feiglin > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:46 PM > To: Moshe Zadka > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Converting from Fat32 to Ext3fs? > > > > > Moshe Zadka wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Hi, > >>Is there a reliable utility out there to convert from Fat32 > to Ext3fs? > > > > > > If you've got some unrelated backup medium > > > > tar > > mkfs > > untar > > But Caveat Emptor! I followed the relevant Howto on that, > (after backing up of > course) and only managed to produce an ext2 filesystem with > an un-removable > journal file its root. That is, the filesystem could not be > mounted as ext3. > Further, I was by no means the only one to experience that problem. > > Current wisdom at the time said to use the distro's setup > utility (SuSE 7.3) as > if you were building a new system, create the ext3 > filesystem, stop the setup > and restore you data to it. That worked and left no pesky > .journal file hanging > around. > > I haven't quite figured out what magic SuSE used, but I'd > sure like to know. The > same trick may work for other distros. > > Apart from that bit of nastiness, it was well worth the effort. > > Regards, > > DAF > > > > > Is as reliable as they come. > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
