Re: ext2 ext3 ?

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Alan" == Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> writes:

    Alan> On Sunday 29 September 2002 8:48 am, Vineet Kumar wrote:
    >> * Gerard Robin (robin.jag@free.fr) [020929 00:44]: > but how
    >> can I change from ext2 to ext3 without breaking my actual >
    >> installation and how to do this ?
    >> 
    >> tune2fs -j /dev/hda1
    >> 
    >> (for example.)
    >> 

    Alan> Be careful - you need the filesystem driver for the root
    Alan> filesystem loaded when you start up.  If your filesystem
    Alan> isn't built into the kernel, but is loaded as a module then
    Alan> it won't work.

In the case of ext3 you could still boot since the root file system
will simply be mounted as ext2. I've never had to actually test this,
but it's supposed to work, right? But your point is well taken.

Cheers!