Ext3 users - Dec 2002 - ext3 to ext2 conversion causes kernel panic

Hi,
 
I try to convert my RedHat 7.3. partitions from ext3 to ext2. I have
found a thread dealing with this issue.
Thus: "tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/foo" and "e2fsck
/dev/foo" will do
the magic! This works fine for "/boot" but when I try to convert
"/" my
kernel panics? The kernel panics message appears shortly after the
attempt to startup kjournald.
How can I prevent the kernel panic?
 
Thanks in advance,
Wolfgang

commence  Wolfgang Auer quotation:
> I try to convert my RedHat 7.3. partitions from ext3 to ext2. I have
> found a thread dealing with this issue.
> Thus: "tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/foo" and "e2fsck
/dev/foo" will do
> the magic!
You should probably use tune2fs -j /dev/foo instead.
> This works fine for "/boot" but when I try to convert
"/" my
> kernel panics? The kernel panics message appears shortly after the
> attempt to startup kjournald.
> How can I prevent the kernel panic?
You are umounting the FSes before you convert them first, right?  If
you want to convert your root fs, you'll need to boot from a rescue
disk or somesuch.

I think you will also need to update your initrd, a procedure I am not
familar with.  I believe it is sufficient to change your fstab to
reflect the new type of / and then run mkinitrd, but perhaps someone
familiar with Red Hat could detail this?

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