Re: ext3 to ext2 convertion

[Mark Ferlatte <ferlatte@cryptio.net>]

Bruno Diniz de Paula said on Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 01:19:09PM -0500:
> how can I convert a ext3 partition to ext2? Is it only to change the
> type in fstab and reboot? How can I synchronize the modification stored
> in the journal file?

Yep.  Just change the fstab entry from ext3 to ext2, and then reboot.
The journal is flushed on a clean umount: it only needs to replay if
your computer crashes.

Once you've rebooted, you can use tune2fs to remove the journal itself.

M

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