On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 11:12:54PM -0500, Bruce Park 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? >
I'm not aware of an incompatibility with mixed ext2/ext3 partitions, but you can easily convert by using: tune2fs -j /dev/hda2 Also edit /etc/fstab to indicate that the partition is ext3. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
