Re: ext3 to ext2 convertion

2003-02-13 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 01:19:09PM -0500, Bruno Diniz de Paula wrote: > how can I convert a ext3 partition to ext2? Is it only to change the > type in fstab and reboot? Yup. > How can I synchronize the modification stored > in the journal file? It'll happen automatically at umount, or you can r

Re: ext3 to ext2 convertion

2003-02-13 Thread Levi Waldron
On February 13, 2003 01:19 pm, Bruno Diniz de Paula wrote: > Hi, > > how can I convert a ext3 partition to ext2? Is it only to change the > type in fstab and reboot? How can I synchronize the modification stored > in the journal file? >From http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/sct/ext3/RE

Re: ext3 to ext2 convertion

2003-02-13 Thread Dennis Stosberg
Bruno Diniz de Paula wrote: > how can I convert a ext3 partition to ext2? Is it only to change the > type in fstab and reboot? How can I synchronize the modification stored > in the journal file? Simply mounting it is the easy way and should be ok if your filesystem has been correctly unmounted.

Re: ext3 to ext2 convertion

2003-02-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 01:19:09PM -0500, Bruno Diniz de Paula wrote: > how can I convert a ext3 partition to ext2? Is it only to change the > type in fstab and reboot? Yes, you just mount it as ext2. > How can I synchronize the modification stored in the journal file? No need. As I understand i

Re: ext3 to ext2 convertion

2003-02-13 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Bruno Diniz de Paula said on Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 01:19:09PM -0500: > how can I convert a ext3 partition to ext2? Is it only to change the > type in fstab and reboot? How can I synchronize the modification stored > in the journal file? Yep. Just change the fstab entry from ext3 to ext2, and then

Re: ext3 to ext2 convertion

2003-02-13 Thread Thomas Krennwallner
On Thu Feb 13, 2003 at 01:19:09PM -0500, the boisterous Bruno Diniz de Paula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote to me: > how can I convert a ext3 partition to ext2? Is it only to change the > type in fstab and reboot? How can I synchronize the modification stored > in the journal file? Just replace ext3 to

ext3 to ext2 convertion

2003-02-13 Thread Bruno Diniz de Paula
Hi, how can I convert a ext3 partition to ext2? Is it only to change the type in fstab and reboot? How can I synchronize the modification stored in the journal file? Thanks, Bruno. -- Bruno Diniz de Paula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rutgers University signature.asc Description: This is a digitally s