[mythtv-users] convert a lvm xfs partition to jfs

[Jarod Wilson]

On Thursday 26 January 2006 09:53, Dawning Sky wrote:
> On 1/26/06, Kevin Kuphal <kuphal at dls.net> wrote:
> > Dawning Sky wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Since some have mentioned XFS performance degrades when the partition
> > > is nearly full, which is the case for my recording partition, I'm
> > > thinking of convert it to JFS.  I'm just wondering what is the best
> > > way to achieve this.  The partition is a dedicated recording
> > > partition, under LVM on FC3.
> >
> > Move the files to another drive.  Reformat.  Move them back.
>
> I don't particularly mind loosing the old recordings.  But it seems I don't
> have the JFS module installed.  I'm wondering if there is a way to install
> JFS support, besides running the install CD again?

If you're running FC3 with an FC3 kernel, you have the jfs module. What you 
may not have is the user-space utilities to create a jfs file system, so:

<apt-get|yum|smart> install jfsutils

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
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