On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 23:12:54 -0500 "Bruce Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Debian users, > > I need some help regarding file system in Linux. Currently, I have four > partitions on my hard drive. I will use Grub's notation for representing an > IDE primary-master hard drive > > hd0,0 - Windows (NTFS) > hd0,1 - boot (ext 2) > hd0,2 - swap (swap) > hd0,3 - root (ext 3) > > When I boot using Grub, I'm having problems loading the linux portion. > Here's what I have in /boot/grub/menu.lst > > title Debian GNU/Linux > root (hd0,1) > kernel /vmlinuz-2-4.18-bf2.4 root=/dev/hda4 ro > > I keep getting an error stating that it wants an ext 2 file type. I'm > thinking that since boot is ext2 and root is ext3, this is causing this > problem. I would like to solve this problem by converting the boot partition > to ext 3. Would this solve the problem? If so, how can I perform such file > conversion without losing data in that partition? > > bp The only way I know of is to back up that partition somewhere and redo it totally. The /boot partition usually doesnt hold too much. slamson@callerio:~$ du -sch /boot/* 272K /boot/System.map-2.2.19pre17 424K /boot/System.map-2.4.19 428K /boot/System.map-2.4.19-new 432K /boot/System.map-2.4.19a 432K /boot/System.map-2.4.19a-old 16K /boot/config-2.2.19pre17 384K /boot/grub 4.0K /boot/lost+found 84K /boot/memtest86.bin 984K /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17 1004K /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19 1000K /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-new 1.1M /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19a 1.1M /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19a-old 7.4M total and I don't really need a lot of that... it is leftover stuff. See how tiny my vmlinuz-2.4.19-new is? Great job Shawn! this sequence should work for you: cd / mkdir newboot cp -r boot/* newboot #verify the contents of newboot here umount /boot mke2fs -j /dev/hda2 #or however you would do it, i have never done ext3 mount -t ext3? /dev/hda2 /boot cp newboot/* boot You get the idea! HTH Shawn Lamson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
