[olug] Filesystems

[T. J. Brumfield]

I know tarring the entire filesystem to a new location, and then
extracting it back does work. Perhaps you can do this folder by folder
from within the file system?

-- T. J.

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Chad Homan<choman at gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe a "mv" (which would maintain the original inode), then "cp" the
> file back
> to it's original name (new inode) should do the job.  My issue I would like
> to avoid
> renaming the entire filesystem.  Not to mention that I cannot remove the
> original
> file until after a reboot, in case the file is being used.  However, if I
> could obtain
> a "status" of the FS, My plans for world dominance would nearly be complete.
>
>
>
> Chad, CISSP
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> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:44 AM, DYNATRON tech <dynatron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> just archive the drive and use the archive afterward, rather than the
>> original. that should do it. bonus: you have a backup point of the entire
>> drive....that is...if you have an extra drive to mount up.
>>
>> i'm a reiser guy, myself.
>>
>> i've had many smooth rides with ext, though.....except a couple of times
>> when i was resizing partitions. turned out weird.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:30 AM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > The files aren't rewritten with extents and such I don't believe with
>> > a simple touch.
>> >
>> > -- T. J.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:21 AM, DYNATRON tech<dynatron at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > > what if you just touch all the files?
>> > >
>> > > updates the header....might work.
>> > >
>> > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:47 AM, T. J. Brumfield <
>> enderandrew at gmail.com
>> > >wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> I don't know of any way, but if you want to migrate fully, you can
>> > >> shrink an ext3 partition down, make a new ext4 partition, copy the
>> > >> files so they are written properly on the ext4 partition, mount the
>> > >> ext4 partition, wipe the ext3 partition, and then resize the ext4
>> > >> partition.
>> > >>
>> > >> -- T. J. Brumfield
>> > >>
>> > >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Chad Homan<choman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> > I recently converted one of my systems from ext3 to ext4.  According
>> > to
>> > >> the
>> > >> > "guide", over time,
>> > >> > the files left at ext3 will migrate to ext4 via updates.  I would
>> like
>> > to
>> > >> > know is this.  Is there a
>> > >> > way to "interrogate" my file system and figure out the ext3 vs ext4
>> > >> status
>> > >> > of the HDD.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Chad, CISSP
>> > >> >
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