Re: Converting ext4 to xfs

2010-10-02 Thread JD
On 10/02/2010 09:15 AM, stan wrote: > Just a PS for anyone else interested in possibly running btrfs, an > article written last year by a filesystem developer about btrfs. > > http://lwn.net/Articles/342892/ Thanx for the link Stan. Very interesting article. -- users mailing list users@lists.fe

Re: Converting ext4 to xfs

2010-10-02 Thread stan
Just a PS for anyone else interested in possibly running btrfs, an article written last year by a filesystem developer about btrfs. http://lwn.net/Articles/342892/ -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/ma

Re: Converting ext4 to xfs

2010-10-02 Thread stan
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 22:02:32 -0700 suvayu ali wrote: > > Apart from a howtoforge article and a couple of pages on the btrfs > wiki I couldn't find beginner level documentation to get familiar with > the command line tools for btrfs. Could you point me to some resources > to get started? There a

Re: Converting ext4 to xfs

2010-10-01 Thread NiftyFedora Mitch
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:27 AM, JD wrote: > > > On 10/01/2010 11:00 AM, Kwan Lowe wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Suvayu Ali   >> wrote: >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I was wondering if there was any way I could convert an ext4 partition >>> into an xfs partition without copying around files

Re: Converting ext4 to xfs

2010-10-01 Thread suvayu ali
Hi Michael, On 1 October 2010 08:57, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Suvayu Ali wrote: >> So I decided to >> switch to xfs. Do you think its worth the effort? > > AFAIK there is no conversion for ext4->xfs. However, there is a > conversion for ext4->btrfs. It is also reversible if you end up not > l

Re: Converting ext4 to xfs

2010-10-01 Thread JD
On 10/01/2010 11:00 AM, Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Suvayu Ali > wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I was wondering if there was any way I could convert an ext4 partition >> into an xfs partition without copying around files onto a separate >> partition and reformatting. The pa

Re: Converting ext4 to xfs

2010-10-01 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Kwan Lowe wrote: > I don't have a real answer except perhaps to create a new LVM for XFS > then slowly migrate files from one LVM/fs to the other. As you fill > space on one, shrink the other filesystem to reclaim those LPs back > into the VG. It's messy but should work. AFAIK, there is no in-pl

Re: Converting ext4 to xfs

2010-10-01 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was wondering if there was any way I could convert an ext4 partition > into an xfs partition without copying around files onto a separate > partition and reformatting. The partition in question is my /home on a > volume group o

Re: Converting ext4 to xfs

2010-10-01 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Suvayu Ali wrote: > So I decided to > switch to xfs. Do you think its worth the effort? AFAIK there is no conversion for ext4->xfs. However, there is a conversion for ext4->btrfs. It is also reversible if you end up not liking btrfs. I've switched to btrfs as my file system of choice though. (F

Converting ext4 to xfs

2010-10-01 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hi everyone, I was wondering if there was any way I could convert an ext4 partition into an xfs partition without copying around files onto a separate partition and reformatting. The partition in question is my /home on a volume group of its own. I realised, lately I have been dealing with ver