[ubuntu-uk] Copying files from a reiser3 partition to LVM problem

Rob Beard rob at esdelle.co.uk
Tue Jun 24 00:08:24 BST 2008


Mark Allison wrote:
>> They've got both the same block size?
> 
> The LVM:
>> /sbin/debugreiserfs /dev/mapper/backupvg-backuplv | grep Blocksize
> debugreiserfs 3.6.19 (2003 www.namesys.com)
> 
> Blocksize: 4096
> 
> 
> The original (source) partition:
>> /sbin/debugreiserfs /dev/sdc1 | grep Blocksize
> debugreiserfs 3.6.19 (2003 www.namesys.com)
> 
> Blocksize: 4096
> 

Now that is strange.  I'd expect it if they were different block sizes, 
and possibly if they were different file systems but not if they're the 
same filesystem.

I'm stumped for ideas.  Have you tried backing up to an ext3 filesystem?

Rob




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