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On Sunday 08 Apr 2012 16:56:23 David W Noon wrote: |
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> On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 17:26:03 +0200, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote about |
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> [gentoo-user] Extended file attributes: ext4: |
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> > is it possible to go from an ext4-filesystem with no extended file |
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> > attributes to one with extended file attributes without reformatting |
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> > the disk or other very risky low level things just by adding this |
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> > feature to the kenrel (?) ? |
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> Yes, it's simple. |
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> You need to ensure that your kernel configuration has the extended |
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> attribute support (ACL is a good idea too) and you have booted with the |
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> ext4 driver so configured. |
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> You then add the xattr option in /etc/fstab for the filesystem(s) where |
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> you want extended attribute support. If you do that before you reboot |
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> (as above) then you will have full extended attribute support. |
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I thought that you are meant to pass such options on the CLI at the time you |
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are formatting the partition ... is this incorrect? |
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Of course if you must format the drive with such options then the data won't |
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survive. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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