How do I revert an ext3 file system to ext2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Issue

  • How do I revert ext3 file system to ext2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Resolution

  • Because ext3 is relatively new, some disk utilities do not yet support it. For example, shrinking a partition with resize2fs, which does not yet support ext3. In this situation, it may b...

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