On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 12:16, The Other wrote: > 09/10/04 > > Hello All, > > Just want to check that I did this correctly. > > I converted a partition that was in Ext2 to Ext3 by going into the > Mandrake Control Center, Using DiskDrake to unmount the partion, > then change the type to Ext3, and then exited. I didn't format the > partition after the change and I forgot to remount it. > > I did check the fstab file to make certain it was Ext3, and then > rebooted. > > After the reboot, the mtab file shows the partition as Ext3. > > Just making sure that I didn't need to format the Ext3 partition. I > rather doubt that I do because that partition was my Linux From > Scratch partition and I'm booted into it right now. Everything > seems okay, but I'm concerned about my first crash and if the Ext3 > recovery programs will work properly. > > Am I okay.... er, let me rephrase that... is my Ext3 partition okay? > > GRIN > "The Other' Stephen Stubbs. > ext3 is just ext2 plus journalling, so you don't need to reformat to convert. I presume that MCC just did a tune2fs command to add journalling and adjusted your fstab file. man tune2fs will tell you more.
HTH Brian
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