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craftyc
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 Posted: Tue May 21, 2002 4:52 pm Post subject: ext3 to ext2 |
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Is it possible to make my ext3fs into an ext2fs without destroying data? Also is it possible to do the reverse without destroying data? The reason I ask is that I want to repartition my disk so that I have 10 gigs of free space for Windows at the beginning of the drive.
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id10t
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Sure can. Just change the type in /etc/fstab. Going from ext2 to ext3 requires that you make a journal file (tune2fs -j does this IIRC).
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Manny Calavera
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Q: How do I convert my ext3 partition back to ext2?
Actually there is only little need to do so, because in most cases it is sufficient to mount the partition explicitely as ext2 {as described by craftyc}. But if you really need to convert your partion back to ext2 just do the following on an unmounted {!!!} partition:
tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/hdaX
To be on the safe side you should force a fsck run on this partition afterwards:
fsck.ext2 -f /dev/hdaX
After this procedure you can safely delete the .journal file if there was any.
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source: http://people.spoiled.org/jha/ext3-faq.html
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