Switching fs-type from reiserfs to ext2/3

[Collins]

On Sun, 30 Jun 2002 19:27:02 +0200 hjb-rheine at t-online.de
(Hermann-Josef Beckers) wrote:
> Hi Collins,
> 
> thank you for your answer. Using -t does the trick, but can I trust
> my data on that partition. Or does anybody know how much i should
> wipe out?"dd if=/dev/zero of=/partition  bs=512 count=200" wasn't
> enough. The partition has 1 Gig. Mount keeps complaining, when I use
> the information from /etc/fstab, which simply contains "/dev/hdc6
> /backup ext2 1 2".
> 

There was a recent discussion about how much to clear (500?), but I
can't remember if it was on this list.  The one thing I know is - yes,
you can trust your data.  I have a Slackware partition that is working
perfectly fine (originally it was XFS), but I have to specify -t ext3
when I mount it on my gentoo system.

Hopefully, someone more knowledgable than I will jump in.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD?
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