Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Kevin Corry <> | Subject | Re: File System conversion -- ideas | Date | Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:04:03 -0500 |
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On Monday 30 June 2003 11:59, Leonard Milcin Jr. wrote: > Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: > > "David D. Hagood" <wowbagger@sktc.net> writes: > >>For example, suppose you have a 60G disk, 55G of data, in ext2, and you > >>wish to convert to ReiserFS. > >> > >> > >>Step 1: Shrink the volume to 55G. This requires a "shrink disk" utility > >>for the source file system (which exists for the major file systems in > >>use today). > > > > You have a 6 GB file. You lose. :-) > > > > Regards > > Henning > > Hey folk! I don't used LVM, but I think it allows file to be splitted > between diferent filesystems. Yes?
Um, no. Volume managers allow you to span a volume across multiple disks. But a filesystem (and thus all of its files) is still fully contained within a single volume. IOW, volume management is a method for managing block-devices. Filesystems are a method for managing files. There is a distinct line between them.
-- Kevin Corry kevcorry@us.ibm.com http://evms.sourceforge.net/
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