ext3 to ext4

[Basil Chupin]

On 01/09/2010 10:29, Wade Smart wrote:
> I asked a similar question a while back but this is a bit different.
>
> I have a drive with ext3 that was my old /home drive.
>
> When I moved to 9.04 I went with ext4 and just link to my old home drive.
>
> My old ext3 drive is becoming unstable so I want to back it up.
>
> I have a 500gb ata drive (unfortunately not a sata drive) that Im going
> to wipe and put 10.04 on. I want to move my data from this backup drive
> Im going to back up to, to the new 10.04 until I get another hd as a
> backup drive.
>
> My question is, I know there is some issue between ext3 and 4 and I dont
> want to get into a bind. What would be the best format for moving
> between all this to get to where I want to be?
>
> Wade
>    

I have drives with both ext3 and ext4 and have no problems with copying 
files between them.

However, you may want to read some of the material here: 
https://launchpad.net/+search?field.text=ext4

BC

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