On 18.11.2016 02:52, Hugo Mills wrote:
On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 02:38:25AM +0200, Marcus Sundman wrote:
The FAQ says that "the best solution for small devices (under about
16 GB) is to reformat the FS with the --mixed option to mkfs.btrfs".
OK. Does anyone have any good suggestions for doing that with an
existing / partition (which has special files and whatnot)?
I assume a backup-restore cycle is needed, but with which program(s)?
- If you don't have (or don't care about) any snapshots, then
- if you can mount both the old and the new FS at the same time
- mv
It's the same partition, so I probably won't have the new FS there at
the same time.
- else, if you want to replace the old FS with the new
- tar to a file elsewhere, and untar later
Can tar really preserve all special files' attributes? (I have separate
partitions for /boot and /home, but the rest is in /)
Thanks!
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