Re: [ubuntu-uk] Copying files from a reiser3 partition to LVM problem
>> I had this a couple of years back on a Linux backup server which I used >> to copy PC backups to. Turns out it was because it was full of little >> files they took up lots of room. Not sure if you have lots of smaller >> files on your disc that could be doing this. Could you try tarring >> everything into one big tar file to see if it does the same thing? >> > > Thanks for the reply. I tried your suggestion to see what would happen > and indeed creating a tar file seems to work fine and creates a tar > file with almost the exact same amount of space as the source drive. I > don't understand why lots of files in a reiser3 filesystem taking up > 436G space end up taking up lots more space (> 530G) when copied to > another reiser3 filesystem. Unfortunately the files in tar format are > not much use to me. > > Is there any way I can copy the files over? Why is more space required? I don't know about Reiser, but on other file systems you can specifiy the block/cluster size, if this isn't the same on both of your filesystems, then there would be more slack space on the destination, which would have the effect you're seeing... -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Copying files from a reiser3 partition to LVM problem
> I had this a couple of years back on a Linux backup server which I used > to copy PC backups to. Turns out it was because it was full of little > files they took up lots of room. Not sure if you have lots of smaller > files on your disc that could be doing this. Could you try tarring > everything into one big tar file to see if it does the same thing? Thanks for the reply. I tried your suggestion to see what would happen and indeed creating a tar file seems to work fine and creates a tar file with almost the exact same amount of space as the source drive. I don't understand why lots of files in a reiser3 filesystem taking up 436G space end up taking up lots more space (> 530G) when copied to another reiser3 filesystem. Unfortunately the files in tar format are not much use to me. Is there any way I can copy the files over? Why is more space required? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 10:22 PM, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, I'm not allowed to use it till the 29th (My birthday) anyway. > > The status on Dells website says it'll come by the 2nd. > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Neil Greenwood > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 2008/6/22 Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > James Grabham wrote: >> >> Jut ordered £351.33 - >> >> "Please allow up to 10 working days for delivery" Flying out to >> >> Austria on >> >> the 30th - could be interesting. >> > >> > >> > Could be OK: Dell tend to estimate later and deliver earlier. I've had >> > them arrive up to five days before the estimated date. >> > >> > Mac >> >> Me too. My Inspiron turned up a few days before they initially said it >> would. >> >> Hwyl, >> Neil. >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ If the postie is nice he will bring it on the day ;) -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
Ok, I'm not allowed to use it till the 29th (My birthday) anyway. The status on Dells website says it'll come by the 2nd. On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Neil Greenwood < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/6/22 Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > James Grabham wrote: > >> Jut ordered £351.33 - > >> "Please allow up to 10 working days for delivery" Flying out to Austria > on > >> the 30th - could be interesting. > > > > > > Could be OK: Dell tend to estimate later and deliver earlier. I've had > > them arrive up to five days before the estimated date. > > > > Mac > > Me too. My Inspiron turned up a few days before they initially said it > would. > > Hwyl, > Neil. > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
2008/6/22 Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > James Grabham wrote: >> Jut ordered £351.33 - >> "Please allow up to 10 working days for delivery" Flying out to Austria on >> the 30th - could be interesting. > > > Could be OK: Dell tend to estimate later and deliver earlier. I've had > them arrive up to five days before the estimated date. > > Mac Me too. My Inspiron turned up a few days before they initially said it would. Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
James Grabham wrote: > Jut ordered £351.33 - > "Please allow up to 10 working days for delivery" Flying out to Austria on > the 30th - could be interesting. Could be OK: Dell tend to estimate later and deliver earlier. I've had them arrive up to five days before the estimated date. Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Sir Alan Sugar: "it's too late" for Linux
alan c wrote: > can be made easily. The foss rising tide will mean this may not be > with computing. > Should there be any such 'rising tide', and it become entirely clear that there is no money to be made in software R&D (only in supporting 'innovation ... elsewhere') then where is the investment money going to come from? Do you really want software to be controlled by the hardware vendors again? I can remember when we all had sparcstations on our desks, and there were Open Systems. Open Wallet Systems, we used to call them. I bought a licence for Sun C++. It came with a really crap GUI builder from Imperial and not much else. Shortly afterwards, a new version came out, but I wasn't entitled to it without paying the full support wack. For slightly less money, I got MSDN Universal, with updates all year, several development tools, databases, office systems, operating systems, and a lot more documentation. Microsoft earned their market share. They might have screwed me over on OS/2 and Windows Libraries for OS/2 and all the rest, but you can't really blame them for IBM's failure to 'fess up that you didn't need a PS/2 and Compaq's failure to market it *at all*. I don't. James -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] please, help me buy a laptop.
Jut ordered £351.33 - "Please allow up to 10 working days for delivery" Flying out to Austria on the 30th - could be interesting. On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 12:14 AM, James Grabham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yup, and I think it's upgradeable to 4GB. > > Its £299 ex VAT or £351 inc VAT to get free delivery. > > > >> Sounds fairly reasonable. At least with 2GB ram, 160GB hard drive and a >> Core 2 Duo you've got a bit of future proofing (or well, maybe a load if >> you're going to run Ubuntu on it). >> >> Does that include delivery? >> >> Rob >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >> > > > > -- > Mr JE Grabham -- Mr JE Grabham -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
