Re: converting file system

2007-08-04 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 07:42:57AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 08:23:17PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > This is a great reason to be using LVM with separate LVs. Need to > > convert? Create a new LV, make the new filesystem, tar the data over to > > it. Whe

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 08:18:53AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 10:04:40PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 07:42:57AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 08:23:17PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > > > > > Thi

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 10:04:40PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 07:42:57AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 08:23:17PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > > > This is a great reason to be using LVM with separate LVs. Need to > > > conv

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 07:42:57AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 08:23:17PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > This is a great reason to be using LVM with separate LVs. Need to > > convert? Create a new LV, make the new filesystem, tar the data over to > > it. Whe

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 08:23:17PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > This is a great reason to be using LVM with separate LVs. Need to > convert? Create a new LV, make the new filesystem, tar the data over to > it. When everything is working, delete the old LV. If you need extra > space dur

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 3, 2007, at 4:44 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Is there a way to convert from ext2 to anything? Well, you can convert from ext2 to ext3 just by adding a journal with tune2fs and remounting. The actual on-disk format is identical; the journal is just a special 'file.' -- To UNSUB

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Nate Duehr
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 05:15:42PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: from the RM bug report: - The final step in converting a filesystem, reordering the blocks of the target filesystem, is apparently programmed in a very inefficient way, and it can take weeks

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 05:15:42PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > from the RM bug report: > > - The final step in converting a filesystem, reordering the blocks of > the target filesystem, is apparently programmed in a very inefficient > way, and it can take weeks for large filesystem

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 06:44:39PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Is there a way to convert from ext2 to anything? > I think its the tried-and-true method of tar by way of spare space on some device. This is a great reason to be using LVM with separate LVs. Need to convert? Create a new LV,

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 06:44:39PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Andrew J. Barr wrote: >> On 8/3/07, Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 02:35:09PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: So I doubt it. How you proceed depends on what mount point we're

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Andrew J. Barr wrote: On 8/3/07, Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 02:35:09PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: So I doubt it. How you proceed depends on what mount point we're talking about. Hopefully, its not /. Anything else you can 'fix' by doing a ba

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 3, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: Hopefully, its not /. Anything else you can 'fix' by doing a backup, going single-user, unmount the partition, remake the filesystem, mount it, and restore the backup, then shutdown back to multi-user. You can do the same thing with / if

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 03:41:52PM -0300, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 02:35:09PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > So I doubt it. How you proceed depends on what mount point we're > > talking about. Hopefully, its not /. Anything else you can 'fix' by > > doing a bac

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Andrew J. Barr
On 8/3/07, Jeronimo Pellegrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 02:35:09PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > So I doubt it. How you proceed depends on what mount point we're > > talking about. Hopefully, its not /. Anything else you can 'fix' by > > doing a backup, going

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 02:35:09PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > So I doubt it. How you proceed depends on what mount point we're > talking about. Hopefully, its not /. Anything else you can 'fix' by > doing a backup, going single-user, unmount the partition, remake the > filesystem, mount

Re: converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 11:23:06PM +0530, Bhasker C V wrote: > > Is there a method to convert an ext3 file system created with -T > largefile4 to a normal ext3 file system with normal block sizes ? > (without losing data). I don't think that -t largefile changes the size of block sizes but chang

converting file system

2007-08-03 Thread Bhasker C V
All, Is there a method to convert an ext3 file system created with -T largefile4 to a normal ext3 file system with normal block sizes ? (without losing data). Thanks -- Bhasker C V Registered Linux user: #306349 (counter.li.org) The box said "Requires Windows 95, NT, or better", so I installed L