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- From: jy10033@ehsn11.cen.uiuc.edu (Joshua M Yelon)
- Subject: Re: [Q] How to change from Linux/minix file system to extfs ? [CONFIGS]
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 06:44:37 GMT
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- >> I have linux 0.98pl4, Xfree v1.1, gcc 2.2.2.7d installed on what is the
- >> Linux/Minix file system. I have
- >>
- >> /dev/hda2 42 Mb Linux/Minix partition
- >> /dev/hda3 7 Mb Linux Swap disk
- >>
- >> [Q] How do I upgrade the complete system to the Linux extfs ?
-
- To be honest, I don't think this is a good idea just yet. It _would_
- get you long filenames. It would also reduce your performance - the
- extfs is fairly slow. I switched over to extfs, and then was sorry
- I did - I switched back. There is a new, faster extfs in the works,
- and if I were you, I'd wait for that.
-
- But, if you must switch, here's the trick I used: Put a tarred, zipped
- copy of your hard disk on the swap partition! Zip is usually capable
- of reducing by a factor of three, so there _is_ a chance, if your hard
- disk isn't full.
-
- Incidentally, this will take up a lot of disk space unless you pipe
- the tarfile directly into zip, which is possible. Indeed, you can pipe
- the resulting zipfile directly into wc, to see whether the zipfile will
- fit on the swap partition, before you do anything serious at all.
-
- Of course, don't forget to put 'unzip' on your install disks!
-
- - Josh
-