Re: Changing to ext3

["Rafael Skodlar,,," <raffi linwin com>]

Here is a segment from ext3 FAQ
http://people.spoiled.org/jha/ext3-faq.html

Q: How do I convert my ext2 partition to ext3? (was: How do I use ext3?)
Before you can mount a partition as ext3 you have to create a journal on
it. The easiest way to do it is to type:

tune2fs -j /dev/hdaX

This can be done on an unmounted or on a mounted filesystem. If you
create the journal on a mounted filesystem you will see a .journal file.
Don't try to delete this and don't back this up or restore it from
backup! If you run tune2fs -j on an unmounted partition an unvisible
journal file will be created.
Now you can mount the filesystem as ext3 using:

mount -t ext3 /dev/hdaX /mnt/somewhere

With mke2fs -j /dev/hdaX you can format a partition as ext3 (as always
it will be also usable as ext2 partion).

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Note that your kernel needs to have ext3 features compiled in, or your
system will become inoperable.

RPMs are a growing problem lately, that's why I started to move servers
under my control to Debian which has much better packaging system. You
might find apt tools for RPMs useful: http://apt.freshrpms.net

On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 03:29:02PM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote:
> Rafael,
> Thanks for very good answers to my questions on backups and telnet. Now 
> how do I change to ext3?
> I tried to get the latest kernel for Redhat Linus, but the up2date program 
> skips anything to do with the kernel, and if I download rpm's and try to 
> do it manually I get tangled up in dependencies.
> Thanks.
> John
> 
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Rafael