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> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of John R Pierce
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:16 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: What's the best way to convert a whole set of
> filesystems?
>
> the only major distribution that really supports reiser natively is
SuSE
>
I can live with that. I've heard unkind words about ext3, but so far no
problems....
> 10k bytes isn't really a small file, < 512 bytes is small, and where
> both NTFS and Reiser's trick of hiding small files directly in the
> directory entries may give some benefit.
>
Oh, okay - didn't know that. I do have a lot of files under 512b, but
not thousands. Most of them are "batch" files that I'll have to rewrite
as shell scripts if I want to continue to use that approach, but that's
trivial.
> in place format conversion is a nightmare waiting to happen. I'd
> fully backup a disk before even attempting that, even assuming any
such
> tools exist (afaik, they don't). once its backed up, its probably
> faster to restore this backup to the new format rather than attempting
> any sort of conversion.
>
What sort of backup would be best from NTFS to ext3? I've a feeling
that a straight binary copy might not be the best choice, but I'm
guessing.
> frankly, I'd build a new computer, install Linux on it, then copy the
> files across the network. when done, recycle the old computer for
> parts, or sell it intact as is (its probably worth more as a working
> system than as parts).
>
(sigh) now you're talking money - it would cost me an extra $300-500 to
do that, and I've already strained my budget and my credit to do the
$400 for the upgrade. On the positive side, I've done this many times -
been building and upgrading home machines since 1984, and I'm pretty
good at that. This is the first time I'll be switching from an M$ OS to
a real one. :-)
Thanks!
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