On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 23:12:54 -0500 "Bruce Park" <bpark79@hotmail.com> wrote:hd0,0 - Windows (NTFS) hd0,1 - boot (ext 2) hd0,2 - swap (swap) hd0,3 - root (ext 3) When I boot using Grub,I keep getting an error stating that it wants an ext 2 file type. I'm thinking that since boot is ext2 and root is ext3, this is causing this problem. I would like to solve this problem by converting the boot partition to ext 3. Would this solve the problem? If so, how can I perform such file conversion without losing data in that partition?bp
Shawn Lamson replied:
The only way I know of is to back up that partition somewhere and redo it totally.
Kent says "no." Bob Nielson wrote:
I'm not aware of an incompatibility with mixed ext2/ext3 partitions, but you can easily convert by using: tune2fs -j /dev/hda2 Also edit /etc/fstab to indicate that the partition is ext3.
Kent agrees with Bob.