Converting / from EXT2 to EXT3 while booted on / (root partition)
Tentative notes for converting / from ext2 to ext3 while booted on /: unmount everything (including /proc …) tune2fs -Ohas_journal /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 (assuming c0d0p3 is your root partition) mount -t ext3 -o remount,rw / / change the root entry in /etc/fstab mount -a mkinitrd /boot/initrd-ext3 2.4.18-3-smp edit grub to point to the new initrd shutdown -r … Read more