>Particularly any that compare disk >overhead for ext3 (I know the size of the journal will make a >difference) and ntfs. Filesystem overhead depends on the data you put on the filesystems (typical file size, amount of files per directory and such). In a given scenario, use /proc/partitions to see the block device raw size, and compare with the sum of free space (from running df) plus the space used for files (from running du -sk). This shows you the current overhead for your filesystem with your files.
>Also, to copy filesystems I typically see tar piped to tar >recommended... is there any reason to favor that method over "cp -a" on >systems that support it? Afaics cp -a should do just the same thing. with kind regards Carsten Otte -- I saw screens of green, red messages too, then came blue, shubidu And i think to myself, what a wonderful world ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
