* ext2 -> reiserfs conversion?
@ 2001-08-29 14:44 Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
2001-08-29 17:41 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-08-29 17:42 ` Hans Reiser
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From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk @ 2001-08-29 14:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
hi all
does any of you know if there are any plans to create an ext22reiserfs
utility?
please cc: to me, as I'm not on the list
regards
roy
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* Re: ext2 -> reiserfs conversion?
2001-08-29 14:44 ext2 -> reiserfs conversion? Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
@ 2001-08-29 17:41 ` Andreas Dilger
2001-08-29 18:04 ` Hans Reiser
2001-08-29 17:42 ` Hans Reiser
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From: Andreas Dilger @ 2001-08-29 17:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Aug 29, 2001 16:44 +0200, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
> does any of you know if there are any plans to create an ext22reiserfs
> utility?
It is probably more dangerous and difficult than it is worth. Use a
backup/restore, that way you also have a backup in case there is a
problem with the conversion.
Since you would ALWAYS do a backup before performing such an operation
(right????) then doing the restore to the newly formatted reiserfs
partition would probably take less time than any kind of conversion
would take (and be a LOT more robust, as well as doing a "defrag"),
so you are way better off to do it that way.
Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto,
\ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert
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* Re: ext2 -> reiserfs conversion?
2001-08-29 14:44 ext2 -> reiserfs conversion? Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
2001-08-29 17:41 ` Andreas Dilger
@ 2001-08-29 17:42 ` Hans Reiser
2001-09-05 15:36 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Hans Reiser @ 2001-08-29 17:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk; +Cc: linux-kernel
Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
>
> hi all
>
> does any of you know if there are any plans to create an ext22reiserfs
> utility?
>
> please cc: to me, as I'm not on the list
>
> regards
>
> roy
>
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Sorry, limited funds means tar is your only solution.
Hans
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* Re: ext2 -> reiserfs conversion?
2001-08-29 17:41 ` Andreas Dilger
@ 2001-08-29 18:04 ` Hans Reiser
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From: Hans Reiser @ 2001-08-29 18:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas Dilger; +Cc: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, linux-kernel
Andreas Dilger wrote:
>
> On Aug 29, 2001 16:44 +0200, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
> > does any of you know if there are any plans to create an ext22reiserfs
> > utility?
>
> It is probably more dangerous and difficult than it is worth. Use a
> backup/restore, that way you also have a backup in case there is a
> problem with the conversion.
>
> Since you would ALWAYS do a backup before performing such an operation
> (right????) then doing the restore to the newly formatted reiserfs
> partition would probably take less time than any kind of conversion
> would take (and be a LOT more robust, as well as doing a "defrag"),
> so you are way better off to do it that way.
>
> Cheers, Andreas
> --
> Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto,
> \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
> http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert
>
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Yes, it was the fear of a long debugging cycle that made me decide that tar over
VFS was the most reliable conversion method, and to not attempt to do more. If
someone was to write a tar plus resize based script, that might be reliable, and
I would be interested to see it.
Hans
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* Re: ext2 -> reiserfs conversion?
2001-08-29 17:42 ` Hans Reiser
@ 2001-09-05 15:36 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-09-12 23:07 ` Pavel Machek
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From: Dr. Kelsey Hudson @ 2001-09-05 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Hans Reiser; +Cc: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, linux-kernel
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Hans Reiser wrote:
> Sorry, limited funds means tar is your only solution.
but what about 'find' and 'cpio'? those work too :)
Kelsey Hudson khudson@ctica.com
Software Engineer
Compendium Technologies, Inc (619) 725-0771
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* Re: ext2 -> reiserfs conversion?
2001-09-05 15:36 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
@ 2001-09-12 23:07 ` Pavel Machek
2001-09-14 7:47 ` Jan Kara
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From: Pavel Machek @ 2001-09-12 23:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dr. Kelsey Hudson, Hans Reiser; +Cc: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, linux-kernel, jack
Hi!
> > Sorry, limited funds means tar is your only solution.
>
> but what about 'find' and 'cpio'? those work too :)
There was project called "partition surprise" that could convert ext2
to fat. I'm not sure if it can handle ext2->reiser...
Pavel
--
I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care."
Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org
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* Re: ext2 -> reiserfs conversion?
2001-09-12 23:07 ` Pavel Machek
@ 2001-09-14 7:47 ` Jan Kara
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2001-09-14 7:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pavel Machek
Cc: Dr. Kelsey Hudson, Hans Reiser, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk, linux-kernel
Hello,
> > > Sorry, limited funds means tar is your only solution.
> >
> > but what about 'find' and 'cpio'? those work too :)
>
> There was project called "partition surprise" that could convert ext2
> to fat. I'm not sure if it can handle ext2->reiser...
No, PS doesn't support ext2->reiser conversion.
Honza
--
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SuSE Labs
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