Re: ext2 -> ext3
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 05:53:59PM +0100, mammique wrote:
> i'd like to resize an ext3 (i removed OSX, so i want to merge my ext3
> home partition with), but parted don't want ext3 fs, it's ok, i just
> need to switch to ext2, resize, and switch again to ext3. But the only
> way i know to switch from ext3 to ext2 is removing the .journal file in
> the root directory, but it's not present ?! Do ext3 works the same on
> powerpc as on x86 (my x86 machines have a .journal file), what's wrong
> doc ? how to switch to ext3 fs ?
Use tune2fs -O^has_journal /dev/hdaX to switch to ext2,
tune2fs -j /dev/hdaX to switch back to ext3.
Regards,
Daniel.
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