Re: Converting root fs to EXT3

["Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct redhat com>]

Hi,

On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 10:55:39PM +0200, Qing Liu wrote:
 
> But when init starts, / is remounted regarding to fstab, right ? 

Some properties can be changed when / is remounted: it gets turned
from readonly to readwrite, quotas can get enabled, etc.  But it is
not possible to change the fs type (eg. from ext2 to ext3) just by
remounting: it is always necessary to unmount the fs first for that.

Cheers,
 Stephen