Converting ext3 to ext4 resulting in loss of data?

Fajar Priyanto fajarpri at arinet.org
Tue Aug 10 13:52:46 UTC 2010


On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Goh Lip <g.lip at gmx.com> wrote:
> Did you convert using these methods?
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1147968
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-800318-start-0.html
> http://biete.com/2009/06/linux/convert-root-ext3-to-ext4-on-ubuntu-karmic/
>
> or, most probably, when installing Lucid?

Yes it was during the installation.
I thought the installation would have been able to do the "conversion"
from ext3 to ext4.
I guess there should be a warning. I found several people with similar
case like mine.
I'm just hoping the photorec can find as many files as possible.




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