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Subhendu Sen
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 Change file system in SUSE Linux 10.2
SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux 10.2
HOW DOES IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE ROOT (/) PARTITION'S FILE SYSTEM AFTER INSTALL SUSE LINUX 10.2 DESKTOP. I DECLARE ROOT FILE SYSTEM AS EXT3 DURING INSTALLATION, BUT NOW I WANT TO CHANGE THIS FILE SYSTEM TO XFS WITHOUT REINSTALLING AGAIN AND WITHOUT DISTURBING OTHER PARTITIONS. IS IT POSSIBLE ?

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SUSE LINUX 10.2
ASKED: December 16, 2009  4:33 AM
UPDATED: January 24, 2010  2:41 AM
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You will need to: boot from a live cd. Back up the partition with dd. Reformat the partition. Restore the data.
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  January 24, 2010  2:41 am  by  Gent01   1,855 pts.
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