how to convert to ReiserFS ?

[Alexander Skwar]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 17:19 +0800, Gabriel M Dragffy wrote:
>> The option "notail" is enabled by default for a reiser enabled root
>> partition under ubuntu, but you can also specify the option "noatime"
>> in your fstab, this will prevent the fs updating atimes and also
>> increase performance. Atimes are rarely needed so it's safe to
>> disable.
> 
> All misunderstandings about reiser are cured by going back to The
> Source:
> 
> http://www.namesys.com/faq.html
> 
> Explanations for notail, noatime

So, with noatime, the 5 second sync, about which Mario complained, won't
happen? The FAQ isn't clear about this. It only contains:

 Why, when I'm working on files (i.e. having open files) on my laptop, does ReiserFS access the disk every 5 seconds? This effectively prevents the disk from spinning down,
i.e. APM modes to take over, even when I'm not writing anything.
    Brent Graveland <bgraveland at hyperchip.com> answers:
    It's the atime update. Every time you run sync, the sync program's atime is updated. The next sync writes this atime update, then sync gets updated again...

Alexander Skwar
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