[CLUE-Tech] Converting ext2 to ext3

[Timothy C. Klein]

* Warren (warren at guano.org) 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'
> 
> 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.
> 
> So, I installed /boot to an ext2-type, and it boots fine.  Now, I want
> to convert it to ext3 and see if it will still work.
> 
> I could try it and see, but it's late and I'm taking the lazy way out
> and asking.
> 

You can do 'tune2fs -j /dev/hdx' and the journal will be added.  You
only need to use -J if you want to specify journal parameters, otherwise
the defaults will be used.  It seems unlikely that ext3 would make
something choke -- is so similar to ext2.  But I suppose it could
happen.

Tim
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