Comment 3 for bug 316872

Just adding more history to this bug report:

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:48:54 -0800 (Wed, 01:48 GMT) Dean wrote:

> In any case, I went directly to the EXT4 Wiki & converted as per these instructions:
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> To convert an existing ext3 filesystem to use ext4, use the command
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> $ tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/DEV
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> WARNING: Once you run this command, the filesystem will no longer be mountable using the ext3 filesystem!
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> After running this command, you MUST run fsck:
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> $ fsck -pf /dev/DEV
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>NOTE: by doing so, new files will be created in extents format, but this will not convert existing files.
>However, they can be transparently read by Ext4.
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>Wiki page: http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto
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>I wonder if I need to "recreate" my /boot & files within as EXT4--as I read this, I would "seem" to have a blend >of EXT3 & 4 that can only be read as EXT4....
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>As for what grub reports--It looks like grub has not been setup--I just get a grub prompt with the normal >verbage that one sees when you are setting up grub. I'm going to delete & redo my /boot & then re-setup >grub on the partition--if it fails again, I will take a shot of the screen & send it to you......if it boots a normal, >we will know that the patch needs a "real" EXT4 set of files...either way...this is looking like a corner-case......