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Re: how to revert from ext3 back to ext2?



> > My /home and / partitions are ext3. I'd like to change them to
> > ext2. Can I do this just by umounting and remounting them that way?
> > 
> > Then how do I securely wipe the journals?
> > 
> > Can ext2 be mounted synchronously? Would this do any harm?
> 
> Okay, stupid question: Why would you go from ext3 backwards in time to
> ext2?

"Data hygiene," that is, files can be securely wiped on ext2 but not
ext3 (because of journals).

> I know what my answer would be, what is your?

I'm curious, what would your reason be?



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