On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:44:37 +0100 (CET) [email protected] wrote: > Hello everybody, I am pretty new to gnu/linux trisquel but I love it. The > question is in the title. So thank you in advance for your answers.
Hi, You cannot convert NTFS to XFS on the fly. You must back up your data somewhere (e.g. an external hard disk) and repartition your device. You can check the characteristics of various file systems on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems XFS can perform well for both large and small files depending on the block size you choose. I disagree with aliasbody about the file size, as far as I know XFS is used mostly for very large files. I am not a techie in this though. Wikipedia says: > XFS provides a 64-bit sparse address space for each file, which allows both > for very large file sizes, and for holes within files for which no disk space > is allocated. Best, -- Stefano Fortune of the day: "You can create your own opportunities this week. Blackmail a senior executive."
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