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>תאריך: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 08:54:58 +0300
>מאת: Yedidyah Bar-David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>נושא: Re: Converting from Fat32 to Ext3fs?
>אל: Daniel Feiglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>העתק: Oleg Kobets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, linux-
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>Hi all,
>
>On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 11:10:57PM +0300, Daniel Feiglin
wrote:
>> Pardon my ignorance, but isn't parted itself a partioning
utility? If indeed, it
>> can make ext3 partitions directly, than the tar/mkfs/untar
advice (similar to
>> the wrong Howto's) is also incorrect.
>>
>> A Google later:
>>
>> Please look at http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/. I get
the impression than it
>> cannot create a NEW ext3 filesystem, and the question
remains open.
>
>What question? Of creating ext3? That's simple: mke2fs -j.
>Converting ext2 to ext3? tune2fs -j (Note I havn't tried
this one,
>only mk).
What you describe is exactly what DID NOT work and at the
time was the subject of some rather inconclusive discussions
elewhere. The question of how you convert an ext2->ext3 or go
directly from something else e.g. FAT32 remains open.
>The only question I know of that is open is fat->ext[23].
>And sadly, I don't know the answer (and actually, don't
think it
>exists).
>
> Didi
>
>>
>> Oleg Kobets wrote:
>> > Well, as far as I know (and may be mistaken) to create
ext3 you need to
>> > convert <whateverer> to ext2 and then use the "parted"
program. no magick
>> > there :-)
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Daniel Feiglin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > To: "Moshe Zadka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:46 PM
>> > 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.
>> >>>
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