Denis HAVLIK wrote:
> :~>sers!
> :~>What can i do, to compile from ext to reiser=?
> :~>after upgradind to beta3 from 7.0 II, its again ext filesystem!
> :~>can you help me?;_)
> :~>thanks
> :~>!
>
> WDYTWA? Magiciens?
>
> 1) You have an ext2 partition full of thingies
> 2) You want to keep this partition intact, so you do upgrade
>
> AFAIK, there is no way to "transform" one partition formate to another
> withouth losing the data, but I would be glad to learn the oposite.
>
> cu
> Denis
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Ummm, it is easy to write a program to do the transformation, but only if an
equal amount of free space is available--you make a brand new Reiserfs then
cp -r -f <ext2 fsname> <reiserfs name>
The ext2 filesystem has rules bout inodes which dictate the storing of
things to keep fragmentation low.
The Resierfs is a tree of FIVE levels--actually more of a forest since more
than one root node exists. there are root nodes, pointer nodes which
operate under an (about 2/3 full of data or create more nodes this level)
rule, and unformatted nodes (not physically but logically unformatted) which
conmtain (mostly contiguous and 100% filled) file data. SIZE, organization,
timing and journals are other differences. If you have a full ext2
partition, it might not in fact FIT the same place with Reiserfs. ext2 is
similar to keeping logical and physical storage close to the same and Reiser
is a level of abstraction or two above that--a highly modified balanced
tree/forest scheme.
For a more complete discussion, take a look at
http://devlinux.com/projects/reiserfs/
Gee, did I just tell someone to Read the Fine Material? Guess there is a
*first* time for everything.
Civileme
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