2009/2/1 Jeffrey Ratcliffe <jeffrey.ratcli...@gmail.com> > 2009/1/31 Andy Green <a...@openmoko.com>: > > Ext3 is better IMO because it can soak up a lot of casual damage that > > ext2 can't. With my usage pattern I am randomly powering things off all > > the time I appreciate how ext3 never makes any difficulty for me about > > that. Whereas after a day of it ext2 is on its knees. > > OK. You've convinced me. > > Is there a way of backing up /dev/mmcblk0p2, repartitioning the uSD > with one partition, formatting it to ext3, and restoring the backup? > > Or is it quicker to wipe, repartition, format and install from scratch?
You can convert an ext2-fs to an ext3-fs rather easy. There are several examples on the web, like this: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/ext2toext3.htm (boot the nand-system and convert it from there). And while you're on the converting trip: convert your obsolete mmcblk0p1 into a swap partition: mkswap /dev/mmcblk0p1 swapon /dev/mmcblk0p1 For easiness, put it into your /etc/fstab on both nand and sd-card system: /dev/mmcblk0p1 swap swap auto,pri=1 0 0
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