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Ext2 -> Ext3 Without data loss

#1 User is offline   VandhiyaThevan 

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Posted 06 November 2002 - 02:36 PM

Is there any utility to convert the ext2 partition to ext3 partition without data loss?

Thanks in advance!

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#2 User is offline   punkisdead 

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Posted 06 November 2002 - 03:03 PM

well, I know if you upgrade your distro, you have the option to migrate ext2 -> ext3 but off the top of my head I can't remember what the utility is.
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Posted 07 November 2002 - 07:39 AM

Thanks punkisdead!

I already know that we can convert ext2->ext3 while upgrading. But I have not tried.

Anyway thanks for your reply!

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Posted 12 December 2002 - 02:49 AM

As root

/sbin/tune2fs -j /dev/hdbX (yall know what that x is for)

Then check /etc/fstab to mark the desired partition as ext3 type.

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