Re: Conversion from v3.6 to v4 of Reiserfs...

["Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando" <gorlando@futuretg.com>]

Diaz Rodriguez, Eduardo wrote:

>Sorry for the question from a newbie but I can'f find the answer and I find in
>google maillist and may sites...
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>I recently upgrade from 2.4.20 kernel to 2.6.3 kernel my debian testing.
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>I see in logs that my lvm system are using version 3.6 of resiser fs.
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>Feb 23 21:57:12 servidor1 kernel: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard
>journal
>Feb 23 21:57:12 servidor1 kernel: Reiserfs journal params: device dm-0, size
>8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit
>age 30, max trans age 30
>Feb 23 21:57:12 servidor1 kernel: reiserfs: checking transaction log (dm-0)
>for (dm-0)
>Feb 23 21:57:12 servidor1 kernel: reiserfs: replayed 23 transactions in 1 seconds
>Feb 23 21:57:12 servidor1 kernel: Using r5 hash to sort names
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>I want use new version v4 but I don't want to lost my data. are there any form
>to convert my fs to a new version v4??? This files are not critical for the
>system, only data..
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Hi,

    Actually, there are no a way. You need to backup and re-write it 
your data.

    However, I speak with Hans and probably we will release a 
tool/utility for that purpose.

    We have no date for this release.

Thanks,
Giovanni

>Thanks for the time and for reiserfs...
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