ext2->ext3

[Andrew Mathews]

Tom Wilson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I got me a shiny new PC last week.  I am in process of backing up the 
> data off my old pc to get it ready for the new.
> 
> I was going to install Linux w/ ext3 filesystem on the new pc, the old 
> one has ext2.  Can I restore to the new if it is ext3?  Or to I have to 
> install it as ext2, restore my backups, then convert to ext3?
> 
> TIA,
> 

You'll have to convert it to XFS first, at which time you'll decide to 
keep it that way. ;)
Seriously, you should have no problems copying your files from ext2 to 
ext3 as 3 is simply 2 with a journal. What distro are you planning on using?

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