[TCLUG] switch between ext3 and ext2

[Austad, Jay]

The .journal file will not exist of the ext3 partition was made from
scratch, or if the ext3 was make on an unmounted ext2 partition (yes, you
can make your partition ext3 while it's mounted).  Don't worry about it if
you don't see it.

Jay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amy Tanner [mailto:amy at real-time.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:09 PM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] switch between ext3 and ext2
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 12:36:53PM -0600, Austad, Jay 
> (austad at marketwatch.com) wrote:
> > Back to ext2?  Just modify the fstab and reboot.  Then remove the 
> > .journal file at the root of the partition.
> 
> I do not see a .journal file anywhere...does something else 
> clean this up perhaps?  If the .journal file exists, will 
> that cause problems?
> 
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