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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).
>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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