Is there a way to create an ext3 filesystem (such as mke2fs will create an ext2 filesystem)? Is there a way to convert a vfat or ext2 filesystem to ext3? Thanks! SJR
Steven Rubenstein wrote:> > Is there a way to create an ext3 filesystem (such as mke2fs will create > an ext2 filesystem)? Is there a way to convert a vfat or ext2 > filesystem to ext3?Hi, To create an ext3 FS from scratch: mke2fs -j /dev/device-name To converte an existing ext2 to ext3 : tune2fs -j /dev/device-name (the partition can be mounted). It is not possible to convert other FS to ext3. http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html Liu
Hi, On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 12:29:08AM -0600, Steven Rubenstein wrote:> Is there a way to create an ext3 filesystem (such as mke2fs will create > an ext2 filesystem)?Yes: "mke2fs -j".> Is there a way to convert a vfat or ext2 > filesystem to ext3?Yes: "tune2fs -j" on an existing ext2 filesystem. There's no conversion tool for vfat. Cheers, Stephen