Re: Converting a partition from NTFS to Ext3
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 16:33:25 +1100
> "Joyce, Matthew" <MJoyce@ccia.org.au> wrote:
>
> > > > You can't convert the partition in-place, you'll have to
> > > copy the data
> > > > somewhere else, format it as ext3, and then copy it back.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > That is actually the case for every filesystem conversion
> > > (that I can think of).
nope .. as she says..
> > ext2 -> ext3, nope.
> > fat32 -> ntfs, nope.
>
> and your point?
i think the point was to convert ext2 into ext3 does NOT require
any copy of data in order to use the new ext3 fs
and similarly for fat32->ntfs (no saving of data needed b4 conversions)
but, its best to convert fat32 to ntfs if you're running win2k,winnt, etc
- save the data someplace, reformat and restore
its conversely better too run fat32 for those same win2k, winnt, etc
- leave it alone .. and just use it
its better, if you expect/want linux to write and erase files on
the windoze box thats running win2k, winnt
c ya
alvin
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