[mythtv-users] EXT4 vs XFS
Simon Hobson
linux at thehobsons.co.uk
Sun Nov 13 18:01:23 UTC 2011
Richard Shaw wrote:
> > And for that matter, if I'm currently using ext3, is it worth
>> changing to ext4 ?
>
>There's no downside that I know of and you should be able to convert
>it without reformatting, although it can not be mounted so you may
>need to use a LiveCD to do it.
>
>http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4#head-3891522e0601162aab24c73c1f148a1e28c6a9d4
Great. I have enough space to empty one drive, but not the other, so
the conversion option is a great help. Unmounting them will be no
problem, the recordings are on their own filesystems.
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