RE: Converting a partition from NTFS to Ext3
Matt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rodney D. Myers [mailto:rdmyers@pe.net]
> Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2003 4:43 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Converting a partition from NTFS to Ext3
>
>
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 16:33:25 +1100
> "Joyce, Matthew" <MJoyce@ccia.org.au> wrote:
>
> >
> > > >
> > > >> Hi.
> > > >> How can i do this without losing the data on my
> NTFS partition?
> > > >> This is the final step for moving completely from
> > > windows to linux!
> > > >> yay!
> > > >> Thanks
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > You can't convert the partition in-place, you'll have to
> > > copy the data
> > > > somewhere else, format it as ext3, and then copy it back.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > That is actually the case for every filesystem conversion
> > > (that I can think of).
> > >
> >
> > ext2 -> ext3, nope.
> > fat32 -> ntfs, nope.
>
> and your point?
>
> ext2 is built on top of ext2.
>
> fat32 to ntfs, kissing cousins, micro$oft filesystems. they
> are related, and not very different.
>
My point is, not all filesystems conversions require a
backup/partition/format/restore.
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