On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 04:54, Ribbo wrote:
> Tanggal 08 Feb 2001, Sridhar Dhanapalan mengatakan,
>
> > Okay, I was able to cp (this time I used the command "cp -dpRvx")
> > my data from my ext2 partition to the ReiserFS one. After doing a
> > du on both partitions, I noticed that the ReiserFS files take up
> > less room than the same files on ext2. Is this an error (e.g. only
> > part of the files were copied) or is it due to ReiserFS's superior
> > efficiency?
>
> efficiency.
>
> Btw, im surprised you could copy your /proc directory :)
No, I did not copy my /proc directory - this was the only thing I did
not copy (even /dev copied OK). I instead just made an empty directory
on the new partition called /proc.
I believe that I have finally finished in my quest to convert my data
to a ReiserFS partition. It appears that the lesser space taken up by
the files on ReiserFS compared to ext2 is simply due to ReiserFS's
greater efficiency. For example, a directory takes up 4KB in ext2, but
in ReiserFS it takes far less (I think about 35 bytes). After
modifying /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf on the new partition, I
rebooted. The kernel startup halted when trying to mount the new
ReiserFS partition as /, giving an error. After some failed attempts
at fixing this, I just decided to do a minimal upgrade of Mandrake 7.2
*over* my ReiserFS data (I know this isn't the best way but it's all I
could think of by then) . I installed as little as possible, trying to
keep track of what was changed by the installer. The main reason for
this was to make the ReiserFS partition fully bootable, nothing else.
I rebooted after Drakx was done, and the system booted up flawlessly.
Drakx had gone over some Ximian GNOME RPMs, so I merely reinstalled
them over the Mandrake ones.
Now all is/seems well with my system. Nevertheless, I shall keep my
backups in handy just in case...
Thanks to all who have tried to help me through my ordeal over the
past week or so. My system feels a bit faster now. Next step for me
will be compiling a kernel and packages I use often (which is why I
asked all those compilation questions previously).
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
"There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
-- Jeremy S. Anderson
