Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:14:38 +0100 From: Jeronimo Calvo <jeronimocalvop@googlemail.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Swaping Fs (from ntfs to ufs), or ntfs3g? Message-ID: <beaf3aa50909290114m16931397h4515eacbdd35627f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090928201631.GA17808@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <beaf3aa50909280906ibc2aea0yeacb3a9c17b1cfe0@mail.gmail.com> <20090928201631.GA17808@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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great I will do a massive Cp as both fs are mounted under BSD, (ntfs just with read access)... should you suggest guy to do a normal #cp /media/DATAWIN /media/UFShd as there is no any soft and hard links on this partition... will be fine? Thanks! 2009/9/28 Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 05:06:34PM +0100, Jeronimo Calvo wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> Scenario: 3 hds, 1 of them with a NTFS partition and loads of media on >> it, I was thinking to activate ntfs3g under Freebsd 7.2 STABLE, but >> since Im having this partition since a while... and i will no need to >> have it on this FS, what you recommed for moving this partition into >> ufs format... to make it 100% reliable? what steps will you do? > > I would suggest you create the UFS filesystem, then tar up the files > in the NTFS partition that you want to move and then untar that > on the FreeBSD UFS (or UFS2) filesystem. =A0 =A0You might have to > install a tar utility on the MS system. > > You can also just mount the NTFS file system on FreeBSD and then > do a massive copy of the files you want in to the UFS[2] filesystem. > In both the case of doing a tar or a mass copy (cp) wildcards are good. > > Hopefully you have the files on the NTFS organized reasonably > in directories. =A0 =A0If you don't and they are interspersed with > lots of files you do not want to copy, then it can get tedious > but you can still do it. =A0It will just need much more manual > attention. > > ////jerry > > >> >> BR! >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org" >
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