From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 29 08:14:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE9F51065692 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:14:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeronimocalvop@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f171.google.com (mail-yx0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AED38FC1D for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:14:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe1 with SMTP id 1so6063025yxe.3 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:14:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=NrE/47t9Z+OQM/l0laRz2zCIFlkY1st4u4/Njj1dYLo=; b=PeIJ9fpo6c9vKpV2KKfzHz0oI1sUi3JXBAHmb4d60rywtvw+VqTSj8YipXBTrdcjRD VeW/r4DNY2frUvOzDcfKjvEFNhTy7iRd09kxy1GvcXKUC02lYicq+LiU48TDVV4X+gIv 8fKVStBJrk/7gd3kUdWJ2JK4eZVmbzfpFdRFw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bZZLvmr2ssbMPdX+ba0UobPJX9NPqmSC41TcQ8lDE7NAHZ8KwmNefgoHsxMXZWEd34 SalFp54183Eew1EO/FVAISkQtv4/Iti2JBOTVlkSCIrY+Fcru4sgETz03m3UmQ04UMsl P8CcnNzFLTt/Va5xRnrBEFuPj1mDcWnVmFls0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.102.12 with SMTP id e12mr4145210anm.144.1254212078740; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:14:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090928201631.GA17808@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20090928201631.GA17808@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:14:38 +0100 Message-ID: From: Jeronimo Calvo To: Jerry McAllister Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Swaping Fs (from ntfs to ufs), or ntfs3g? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:14:40 -0000 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 : > 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" >