How do I change from ext3 to ext2?

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Gerry Doris wrote:

> >> This is a test system and there isn't anything critical on it.  This
> >> is more in the line of "inquiring minds want to know".
> >
> > I'd still be hesitant to use it.  You could still technically go with
> > dd, but you'd have to use some fancy partition extending tricks.  I
> > guess it all comes down to whether you want to use an open source
> > solution or a black box.
> >
>
> Well, I guess you've stated it well..."do you want to use an open source
> solution or a black box".
>
> I'm already using a black box.  On this system Linux is sharing the disk
> with a WinXP NTFS partition.  I'm not confident of any Linux tools that
> can handle the NTFS stuff.  The Partition Magic DriveCopy package will
> though and I can move the Linux stuff over manually if DriveCopy doesn't
> work.

Use the blackbox on the proprietary OS.  You have little choice there.  I
just don't see why you'd trust 'DriveCopy' to tinker with a filesystem
that it obviously can't understand.

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