Will it be possible to read/write ReiserFS partitions created now with future versions of ReiserFS?
Yes. ReiserFS-3.6.x (Linux-2.4.x) works with both the old (3.5) and the new (3.6) formats. ReiserFS-3.5.x (Linux-2.2.x) can only work with the old (3.5) disk-format. There is no way to convert the new (3.6) disk-format to the old (3.5), but the old (3.5) format could be converted to the new one (3.6) with the "-o conv" mount option.
To upgrade from reiserfs V3 to V4, use tar, or sponsor us to write a convertfs.
[^] # Re: Convertibilité
Posté par Bertrand Jacquin (site web personnel) . En réponse à la dépêche Sortie de la version 4 de ReiserFS. Évalué à 8.
Will it be possible to read/write ReiserFS partitions created now with future versions of ReiserFS?
Yes. ReiserFS-3.6.x (Linux-2.4.x) works with both the old (3.5) and the new (3.6) formats. ReiserFS-3.5.x (Linux-2.2.x) can only work with the old (3.5) disk-format. There is no way to convert the new (3.6) disk-format to the old (3.5), but the old (3.5) format could be converted to the new one (3.6) with the "-o conv" mount option.
To upgrade from reiserfs V3 to V4, use tar, or sponsor us to write a convertfs.
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