[CLUE-Tech] Converting ext2 to ext3

[Michael James Robbert]

The other issue with booting from ext3 is that it must either be
compiled into the kernel (not the default for RedHat) or use must be
using and initial ramdisk image (initrd).
I guess a test would be, can you boot from ext3 with another bootloader
like lilo or GRUB.

On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 10:21, Dale Hawkins wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 03:44, Warren wrote:
> > Not sure if this has been a topic before, but how easy is it to convert
> > a partition from ext2 to ext3 (and back again if necessary)?
> > 
> > Do you use 'tune2fs -J' or 'mke2fs -J'
> 
> tune2fs is what I used.
> 
> > I'm experimenting with the XOSL bootloader, and it doesn't seem to want
> > to boot linux from an ext3-type partition...well, I think that might be
> > the case.
> 
> GRUB is a very, very cool boot loader.  A little weird at first, but way
> better than lilo (I am not familiar with XOSL; can't help you there). 
> GRUB understands ext2/3, reiser, and several other filesystem types.
> 
> The other advantage to GRUB is being able to boot an image located
> anywhere on the disk and being able to change the boot parameters on the
> fly.
> 
> -Dale
> 
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