Here is what I did ...
used partition magic created a new partition
mounted it in linux... converted it to reiserfs...
copied the whole "/" (without mounting my fat 32 ie
win partitions .... take care of this .. to do this is
stupid) to the new partition
My /boot is a separate partition.... thus no prob else
you will have to update your lilo...
modified lilo.conf to add new kernel with root = new
reiserfs partition.... modified the fstab in the new
partition top have that as the root and the old one to
be mounted as a separate one....
I think freeos.com has an article on the same...
racing to reiserfs or soo.. if you cant find it I can
pass it on as a text file
Note: Do not modify anything in the present etx2...
dont touch the fstab of ext2 and have a separate entry
in lilo.conf for the new partition ... this way you
always have your present system to fall back on
Ritesh
--- Vinu Chandran R C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> But if I'm having data in a partition and if I
> want to protect the data, will
> this work ? mkreiserfs will format the whole
> partition, isn't it ???
> Please advise !!!
>
> regards
>
> Vinoos.
>
> Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
>
> > I would say it's just 'mkreiserfs
> /dev/hda4<hypothetical>' followed by a mount.
> >
> > Nothing else is required.
> >
> > Shridhar
> >
> > Penguin wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have got an empty partition at home for
> Oracle. Say if I want
> > > to make that partition reiserfs, what steps I
> need to follow. Any link for
> >
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