From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Aragorn wrote:   
   > On Saturday 26 May 2012 19:07, Adam conveyed the following to   
   > alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
      
   >> I'll have make sure each [distro] I install can r/w ext4   
   >> on other partitions   
   >   
   > ext3 can be converted in-place to ext4 using /sbin/tune2fs, but with the   
   > connotation that your _existing_ files on the converted partition will   
   > not make use of extents yet until you've copied them all over to   
   > somewhere else, deleted everything on the partition, and then copied   
   > them all back again.   
      
   Sounds to me like it's /possible/, but in practice would be easier (and   
   possibly more stable) to just move all the files, use "mke2fs -t ext4",   
   then move all the files back.  Thanks for the info!   
      
   Adam   
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