Haha. I never would have thought of something so easy. Thank you for your help. -- Michael S. Dunsavage ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Kinz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:20 AM Subject: Re: ext3 to ext2
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 09:44:25AM -0500, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > > Is it possible to go from ext3 to ext2? > > > > Or, better yet, I installed 7.2 and converted to ext3 however the kernel > > does not support ext3. How can I get back into the linux box to rebuild a > > kernel? > > Hi Mike, > One of my systems is an RH 7.2 system and it seems to be using an ext3 file > system just fine. > > But if you want your ext3 filesystems to be used as ext2 filesystems > you don't have to change the kernel. Just modify your /etc/fstab > file and set the file system type to ext2. > > For example: > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 > /dev/hdb3 /b3 ext3 defaults 1 2 > > could be changed to: > > LABEL=/ / ext2 defaults 1 1 > /dev/hdb3 /b3 ext2 defaults 1 2 > > > Then reboot. > > > There are tradeoffs to using these different filesystems. Its your choice. > > -- > Jeff Kinz, Open-PC, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > copyright 2003. Use is restricted. Any use is an > acceptance of the offer at http://www.kinz.org/policy.html. > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
