On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 11:42:12PM -0500, Shawn Lamson wrote: > On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 23:12:54 -0500 > "Bruce Park" <bpark79@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello Debian users, > > > > I need some help regarding file system in Linux. Currently, I have four > > partitions on my hard drive. I will use Grub's notation for representing an > > IDE primary-master hard drive > > > > hd0,0 - Windows (NTFS) > > hd0,1 - boot (ext 2) > > hd0,2 - swap (swap) > > hd0,3 - root (ext 3) > > > > When I boot using Grub, I'm having problems loading the linux portion. > > Here's what I have in /boot/grub/menu.lst > > > > title Debian GNU/Linux > > root (hd0,1) > > kernel /vmlinuz-2-4.18-bf2.4 root=/dev/hda4 ro > > > > 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 > The only way I know of is to back up that partition somewhere and redo it totally. The /boot partition usually doesnt hold too much. No. man tune2fs. -rob
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