Re: Partitions and format

2003-10-09 Thread Stuart Robinson
Paul, Joachim, Gavin and Monique, Thanks folks that was all very helpful... i've confirmed I am running on ext3 Cheers, Stu -- Stuart Robinson http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD881978E signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Partitions and format

2003-10-08 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 20:40:53 +0200, Joachim Fahnenmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: > > It shouldn't be necessary to reinstall. Worst case - ackup your data > and reformat the partition. I think it is even possible to upgrade a > partition from ext2 to ext3, but I don't know in detail. > tune2f

Re: Partitions and format

2003-10-08 Thread Gavin Hamill
On Wednesday 08 October 2003 19:40, Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote: > It shouldn't be necessary to reinstall. Worst case - ackup your data and > reformat the partition. I think it is even possible to upgrade a partition > from ext2 to ext3, but I don't know in detail. Yes, not only is it possible, b

Re: Partitions and format

2003-10-08 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
> On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 07:35:12AM +0100, Stuart Robinson wrote: > > Question: I've forgotten what kind of format my linux partitions are (I > > suspect I chose 'linux' (ext3?)- how can I tell and if I really would > > prefer a journalling format can I change it without a reinstall? > Look in

Re: Partitions and format

2003-10-08 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 07:35:12AM +0100, Stuart Robinson wrote: > Question: I've forgotten what kind of format my linux partitions are (I > suspect I chose 'linux' (ext3?)- how can I tell and if I really would > prefer a journalling format can I chang

Re: Partitions and format

2003-10-06 Thread kmark
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Stuart Robinson wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm two days into my first debian install *hurrah* (how nice is apt?) > Sorry. > > Question: I've forgotten what kind of format my linux partitions are (I > suspect I chose 'linux' (ext3?)- how can I tell and if I really would > prefer

Partitions and format

2003-10-06 Thread Stuart Robinson
Hello all, I'm two days into my first debian install *hurrah* (how nice is apt?) Sorry. Question: I've forgotten what kind of format my linux partitions are (I suspect I chose 'linux' (ext3?)- how can I tell and if I really would prefer a journalling format can I change it without a reinstall?