[mythtv-users] Filesystem Tuning?

[Simon Hobson]

Michael T. Dean wrote:

>I recommend partitioning (with parted or whatever), then creating a file
>system, then using rsync to copy data from one drive to the next (rsync
>is nice because it has a --progress arg that shows you where it's at in
>the process).

I'd second rsync. Apart from potential benefits starting with a clean 
filesystem, you can stop it if necessary, and start again where you 
left off.

Or, if the system is still in use, you can do the bulk of the copying 
while the system is still running - and then let rsync go again once 
you've stopped MythTV and it will pick up anything that's changed. 
That means you can significantly cut down on system downtime.

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