Hi
I have recently been successful in upgrading my server to Debian unstable and converting some of my ext2 filesystems to ext3.
However I haven't converted my "/" or "/boot" partitions as I am unsure that I can reboot successfully.
My question then is, what's the best way of converting the "/" partition to ext3? Making sure I can get back in if it doesn't work.
I am currently using the standard kernel-image-2.4.17-686-smp package which apparently uses a initrd.img file.
Any ideas?
Cheers
David.
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David Fairey me@davidfairey.org.uk wrote:
My question then is, what's the best way of converting the "/" partition to ext3? Making sure I can get back in if it doesn't work.
Make sure ext3 is in the kernel, not a module.
Use tune2fs to set the flag and remount as you did for your other partitions.
Not sure how initrd plays with this. GRUB or lilo should be happy, as it looks like an ext2 if you need it to.
Make sure ext3 is in the kernel, not a module.
It gets loaded as a module for my setup.
Use tune2fs to set the flag and remount as you did for your other partitions.
Done that.
Not sure how initrd plays with this. looks like an ext2 if you need it to.
I have had to fall back on ext2, as my kernel-image.deb file uses a initrd file to load the initial modules. So when installing it using dpkg, the mkinitrd command gets run which had to be told to load ext3 and aic7xxx before loading the root disk.
But it's all working fine now. Managed to convert and mount them successfully with no loss at all. Don't think it would have been this easy if reiserfs was used tho!
Thanks for all your help.
Cheers
David.
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