Matt
-- > -----Original Message----- > From: Rodney D. Myers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2003 4:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Converting a partition from NTFS to Ext3 > > > On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 16:33:25 +1100 > "Joyce, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi. > > > >> How can i do this without losing the data on my > NTFS partition? > > > >> This is the final step for moving completely from > > > windows to linux! > > > >> yay! > > > >> Thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > You can't convert the partition in-place, you'll have to > > > copy the data > > > > somewhere else, format it as ext3, and then copy it back. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That is actually the case for every filesystem conversion > > > (that I can think of). > > > > > > > ext2 -> ext3, nope. > > fat32 -> ntfs, nope. > > and your point? > > ext2 is built on top of ext2. > > fat32 to ntfs, kissing cousins, micro$oft filesystems. they > are related, and not very different. > My point is, not all filesystems conversions require a backup/partition/format/restore. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
