Are you sure you want to do this? Is this just a test system? Will you keep backups for when file system corruption occurs? Make sure your initramfs has the nilfs kernel module in it. Boot to a live CD that has nilfs support. Mount your ext4 partition at /ext4 and your nilfs partition at /nilfs. do either: rsync -avH --progress /ext4 /nilfs or cd /ext4; tar cf - . | (cd /nilfs; tar xpf - ) Then, edit your grub in your boot partition to have your nilfs partition in the root= line and change the root mount point in your /etc/fstab to point to the nilfs partition too. This is a fairly difficult thing to try, so good luck! Randall Mason On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 7:51 AM, _ <aeneuman@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > hello, > > i hope my question isn't too foolish, but i really > couldn't find a consistent how-to on the net. > how can i 'convert' a existing root partition to > nilfs? > > during my install of a current ubuntu derivative (10.10) > i had a mounted empty partition with nilfs but the installer > (respectively gparted) could not handle this partition. so > i was forced select another filesytem (ext4) for my root > partition. > > now i wonder how i can 'convert' this root partition to nilfs, > respectively how can i accomplish a direct installation to > a nilfs formated partition on my next install. > > i installed /boot on a separate partition (ext4) to have no/less > problems with grub. > > thanks for your help in advance. > stefan > > end > -- > Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir > belohnen Sie mit bis zu 100,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nilfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nilfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
