-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:16 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] 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!