Bruno Diniz de Paula wrote: > 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? Simply mounting it is the easy way and should be ok if your filesystem has been correctly unmounted. If you want to delete the journal itself, run "tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/xxx", run e2fsck and delete the ".journal" file. Regards, Dennis