Re: ext2 to ext4
Felix Miata <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Jul 2026 06:47:04 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general |
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Patrick Dupre composed on 2026-07-01 08:24 (UTC): > I still have a boot partition in ext2. > Can I convert it to ext4 without generating possible issues? Check the inode size using tune2fs -l. If it's 128, it's subject to the year 2038 problem. If 256, then no problem. I've done it several times, using the tune2fs options ^has_journal and ^huge_file to preserve some space that tends to be precious on a small filesystem used infrequently for writes. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new