I have migrated some to ext3 without a problem.
it is pretty simple, since you already
have ext3 support in your kernel, right ?
if that is the case, this is what you need to do.
1. tune2fs -j /dev/hdXX
# what this does is makes a journal for your ext2
2. tune2fs -i 0 -c 0 /dev/hdXX
# not sure if you need this, but this turns off
# checking of mount every 20 th mount or 180 days
# don't need it anymore with ext3 :))
3. make adjustments to your /etc/fstab like the ones
already mounted for your other filesystems
4. don't forget that ext3 can be mounted back to ext2
5. /sbin/tune2fs -l
# when you run this after, you should see journal information
# also check that forced mount check is turned off
# from step 2 above
6. backup, before you do, but, i doubt you need to.
Good Luck
On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Bill Hartwell wrote:
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> Has anyone had good luck migrating an in-use partition from ext2 to
> ext3? If so, how did you do it? What precautions did you need to
> take, and did you lose any data in the process?
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> I'm asking because when I installed 7.2, I had my system partitions
> reformatted to ext3, but didn't let it touch my /home partition. So
> far, I like the way the system is running, so I'm willing to try
> migrating my /home to ext3 - but want to make sure I don't screw
> something up in the process or make a mistake someone else has
> already found a workaround for.
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