rcampbel3 wrote: > Here's what I'd do: > > - get your usb storage device > - choose a compressed filesystem - I'd try squashfs or btrfs -- better > check to make sure your pi's linux kernel can mount these by default > first. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Compression_file_systems > - use gparted to format your usb device with a compressed filesystem > - move your files onto the compressed filesystem > - use rsync to sync your data -- if your usb storage is mounted at > /mnt/user/music and your master location is on computer2 in directory > /home/user/music... you'd do `rsync -avpP > username@computer2:/home/user/music/ /mnt/user/music/`
How much less space is consumed when a compressed file system is handling, mainly, already compressed files? Paul Webster http://dabdig.blogspot.com Author Radio France (FIP etc) plugin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Webster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110496 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
