Re: File System conversion -- ideas

[Kevin Corry]

On Monday 30 June 2003 11:59, Leonard Milcin Jr. wrote:
> Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:
> > "David D. Hagood" <[e-mail]> 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.

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