On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, m.w.chang wrote: > what's the easiest way to convert the / mount point to xfs?
There is none. You can't non-destructively convert to XFS. > can I just do it with an empty partition + knoppix cd? > > boot knnoppix, > mount / (hda9) to /mnt/tmp > backup to empty partition > umount / > format hda9 into xfs > restore data from empty partition usin cp -a > edit /etc/fstab > reboot Your kernel needs XFS support or this procedure will go south as soon as you reboot. Once you have a kernel with XFS support, you'll be fine. Read my SxS on XFS for the details. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Feigning erudition, Tom Wilson wrote: > > % Hi all, > > % > > % I got me a shiny new PC last week. I am in process of backing up the > > % data off my old pc to get it ready for the new. > > % > > % I was going to install Linux w/ ext3 filesystem on the new pc, the old > > % one has ext2. Can I restore to the new if it is ext3? Or to I have to > > % install it as ext2, restore my backups, then convert to ext3? > > > > Yes. No. > > > > Kurt > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
