RE: botched ext3 conversion
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> Whoops,
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> missed a step converting a box to ext3
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> procedure i was using was:
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> 1) #tune2fs -j /dev/hda*
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> for all ext2 file systems.
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> 2) edit /etc/fstab to change all references from ext2 to auto
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> 3) #touch/forcefsck
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> 4) reboot
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> only i forgot step 2
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> it rebooted fine and #cat /proc/mounts shows the / file
> ssystem as ext 2 and the others as ext2
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> i was thinking of just re-runnign the procedure and rebooting.
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> is there any danger in this?
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> TIA
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> John
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I did a similar thing, except I only did step one.
After I realised I just edited /etc/fstab (although I made the entry
ext3,ext2) and rebooted.
That was months ago. So I reckon it will be ok.
what does #touch/forcefsck do anyway ?
Matt
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