Re: ext3 to ReiserFS (was Re: [Nolug] postfix, Maildir and non-$HOME delivery)

From: Joey Kelly <joey_at_joeykelly.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:56:14 -0500
Message-Id: <200311032354.hA3Nss405955@vkh.joeykelly.net>

Thou spake:
<snip>
>
>/var/mail would have been ReiserFS. All those little files just
>scream for ReiserFS.
>
>Is there a way to do an in situo partition conversion from ext[23]
>to ReiserFS? None that I've heard of, but others may know.

I think the easiest way would be to copy the partition over to a spare hard
drive, reformat for reiser, then copy the data back.

When I say "copy", this might be more involved than "cp -R". I moved a
partition once, and it wasn't fun. YMMV.

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Computer Networking Consultant >
http://joeykelly.net
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