On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 04:06:22AM +0200, Marcus Sundman wrote: > 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 /)
Yes, I've used it for moving / to a different machine before. Take a look through the options and pick all the ones that look like they're dealing with attributes. :) Hugo. -- Hugo Mills | Anyone who claims their cryptographic protocol is hugo@... carfax.org.uk | secure is either a genius or a fool. Given the http://carfax.org.uk/ | genius/fool ratio for our species, the odds aren't PGP: E2AB1DE4 | good. Bruce Schneier
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