LKBEN11136: How to convert Ext2/Ext3 file system to Ext4 (in 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope).
Symptom
You want to convert your filesystem to Ext4.
Cause
You want to convert your filesystem to Ext4.
Solution
To convert your filesystem to Ext4 execute the following steps:
- Make sure you have Ubuntu 9.04 installed so that you have an Ext3 file-system.
- Back-up all of your valued data.
- To convert the partition, reboot from the real CD, and run this code:
sudo bash
tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/sda1
e2fsck -pf /dev/sda1
Note: In this example /dev/sda1 is the partition you want to convert.
- Next you must change Ext3 to Ext4 quite simply like below,
# /dev/sda1
UUID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX / ext3
relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
Change the above code to:
# /dev/sda1
UUID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX / ext4
relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
- You now MUST save the changes.
To convert ext2 to ext4 use this code instead:
sudo bashtune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index,has_journal /dev/sda1
e2fsck -pf /dev/sda1
That's it, all you need to do is restart your computer. However, it is possible that you get an error 13 when restarting. This might be because Ubuntu did not like one of the updates. To fix this problem try the following:
sudo bashmount /dev/sda1 /mnt
grub-install /dev/sda --root-directory=/mnt --recheck
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 05/10/2020 | Comment: