You will ultimately have problems with a corrupted file system with ext4, almost guaranteed. Xfs is a much more robust file system but if you do not trust it, then try zfs or btrfs.
On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 6:26 AM Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > A while ago, when I had backup issues with the logical volume on the > external MediaSonic Pro enclosure, I removed the LV and formatted the two > drives to xfs upon advice here. My dirvish backup is on /dev/sde1 and when > that's done rsync copies daily changes to /dev/sdf1. > > I've since learned that xfs has issues and can confirm that's so: the main > backup drive, /dev/sde1, keeps reporting errors to the kernel which advises > me to run xfs_repair. (The second backup drive, /dev/sdf1, had to be > repaired one time.) > > I bought a 1T flash drive (each backup hard drive has ~500G on it) and > today's the day to replace xfs with ext4 on both /dev/sde1 and /dev/sdf1. > > It should be a simple process and I'm asking for validation (or correction, > if warranted) for it: > > 1. Use fdisk to install ext4 on 1T flash drive. > 2. Mount flash drive on /mnt. > 3. Use scp -R to copy all files from /dev/sde1 to /mnt. > 4. Use cfdisk to remove xfs from /dev/sde1 and replace it with ext4. > 5. Use scp -R to copy files from /mnt to /dev/sde1. > > Then do the same for /dev/sdf1. > > Your thoughts? > > TIA, > > Rich > >
