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
On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 05:23:33PM +0530, Sujeet Bhatt wrote:
- Move all data from the Fat 32 partition to another machine on the
network. 2. As root issue mkfs -j /dev/hda6
Thus clobbering the partition. As long as step 1 was performed properly, it should be okay.
Questions: Am I on the right track?
Yes.
Are there any pitfalls I need to be aware of?
As long as they are data files, and not for example a Windows installation or other weirdness (like I don't know, files that need to be in a particular position on disk, or something), it'll be okay.
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
You might want to change /mnt/win_d to something else. Make sure you create the new mount point if it doesn't exist already. I like to name these extra partitions after their partition number, so I'd have something like /mnt/hda6. But that's just me.
Change vfat to ext3.
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).
Bittorrent.
Satya wrote:
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).
Bittorrent.
I tried bittorrent for nearly a day - my download rates averaged around 2 kbps. Wget, on the other hand, is giving me about 8 kbps. It should have been the other way round. You have any ideas why? -- Alas, how love can trifle with itself! -- William Shakespeare, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" * TagZilla 0.057 * [1]http://tagzilla.mozdev.org
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On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 10:31:47PM +0530, Sujeet Bhatt wrote:
Satya wrote:
I am running Fedora Core 3 on /dev/hda8 with a /boot partition on
I did not. Fix your quote style.
Satya wrote:
I did not. Fix your quote style.
Wish I could. Check my last exchange with Philip in the "Sigdashes" thread.
I tried bittorrent for nearly a day - my download rates averaged around 2 kbps. Wget, on the other hand, is giving me about 8 kbps. It should have been the other way round. You have any ideas why?
Sujeet,
Do you have dual layered DVDs? SuSE DVD's are 7.x GB. Normal DVD's will not work. Hope I am not late to give you some bad news.
Amish.
Amish Munshi wrote:
Sujeet,
Do you have dual layered DVDs? SuSE DVD's are 7.x GB. Normal DVD's will not work. Hope I am not late to give you some bad news.
Amish.
Hi Amish,
This particular dvd appears to be 3.x GB. It's on one of the official Suse mirrors - I think it is the 32-bit only version. In any case, I am planning to mount the iso as a loopback device on a spare partition and do a hard disc install. Here's the current status:
[root@localhost susec]# wget -c ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/suse/i386/9.2/iso/SUSE-Linux-9.2-FTP-DVD.iso --08:06:51-- ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/suse/i386/9.2/iso/SUSE-Linux-9.2-FTP-DVD.iso => `SUSE-Linux-9.2-FTP-DVD.iso' Resolving mirror.mcs.anl.gov... 140.221.9.138 Connecting to mirror.mcs.anl.gov[140.221.9.138]:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/suse/i386/9.2/iso ... done. ==> SIZE SUSE-Linux-9.2-FTP-DVD.iso ... done. ==> PASV ... done. ==> REST 761,246,008 ... done. ==> RETR SUSE-Linux-9.2-FTP-DVD.iso ... done. Length: 3,363,543,040 [2,602,297,032 to go]
35% [+++++++====> ] 1,193,939,800 7.76K/s ETA 77:41:14
- Sujeet
On 15/01/05 22:31 +0530, Sujeet Bhatt wrote: <snip>
I tried bittorrent for nearly a day - my download rates averaged around 2 kbps. Wget, on the other hand, is giving me about 8 kbps. It should have been the other way round. You have any ideas why?
Upstream getting choked?
Devdas Bhagat
Devdas Bhagat wrote:
Upstream getting choked?
Devdas Bhagat
Upstream was somewhat better - around 5 kbps.
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