I want to convert a Fat32 partition on my hard disk (/dev/hda6) to ext 3. Based on some googling, I propose to do the following:
1. Move all data from the Fat 32 partition to another machine on the network. 2. As root issue mkfs -j /dev/hda6
Questions: Am I on the right track? Are there any pitfalls I need to be aware of? What changes do I need to make in /etc/fstab? The current entry for this partition is: /dev/hda6 /mnt/win_d vfat defaults 0 0
I am running Fedora Core 3 on /dev/hda8 with a /boot partition on /dev/hda5 and a swap on /dev/hda7. As you may have guessed, /dev/hda6 was the D drive from a previous (now scrapped) installation of Windows. /dev/hda1 (the original Windows C drive) is now a ReiserFS partition waiting to have Suse 9.2 installed as soon as I have the DVD iso downloaded (wget -c is busy working in the background as we speak).
Thanks in advance for any advice.
- Sujeet