On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:04:11 -0500 "Bryan S. Tyson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Would'nt it be nice to have a path to switch to ext3 the machines > > that have been installed with ReiserFs? > > Here is how I made the switch: > > 1. Backup data > 2. mkfs.ext3 > 3. Restore data You're lucky. My mileage has been a bit longer: 1 - Backup the data. 2 - restart from installation CD (remember: it's the root filesystem) 3 - mkfs.ext3 and mount the partition under /mnt 4 - Restore data and edit /mnt/etc/fstab 5 - Try to reboot and get "cannot mount root filesystem" 6 - Reboot from installation CD. 7 - Mount the partition 8 - chroot /mnt 9 - launch mkinitrd && lilo 10 - Try to reboot and get "cannot mount" error again (Once intalled, the system changes kernel version at the first update, so mkinitrd from the CD does'nt do the right thing) 11 - redo point 2 for the third time 12 - remount partition && chroot /mnt again 13 - edit /sbin/mkinitrd to make it do the right thing (it's a shell script) 14 - launch it && lilo again. 15 - reboot. luciano. -- /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 2 485781 FAX: +39 2 48578250 X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.mannucci.ORG/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
