Convert FAT32 to ext3?

[Steve]

On 8/16/05, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Assuming the filesystem is not full but has some space left, you could
> try something like:
> 
> 1: Shrink FAT32 filesystem with a partition resizing tool as much as
> you can, then create a new partition in the free space and make an ext3
> filesystem there, Move as many files as you can from fat32 to ext3.
> 
> 2: Shrink fat32 filesystem as much as you can after moving files.
> Enlarge ext3 as much as you can. Move as many more files as you can.
> 
> 3: Repeat step 2 until FAT32 is empty.
> 
> 4: Remove fat32 partition and resize ext3 to full size.
> 
> Lennart Sorensen


Lennart,

Thanks for the suggestion. Actually that is a very good idea and should work 
perfect for me. Sometimes you just don't see the obvious! :-)

-Steve.
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