On 2013-08-18 14:14 (GMT+0200) Carlos E. R. composed:
On 2013-08-18 08:18, Felix Miata wrote:
On /mnt/usb was a NTFS formatted USB stick.
I understand what you are doing, but perhaps, considering the size of the files, it would be faster to reformat as ext4 (without journal):
mke2fs -t ext4 -L SomeName -O ^has_journal /dev/sde1
I actually have sticks formatted as ext4, ntfs, and fat... depending on destination.
1-I loath situations that necessitate use of sticks for large files. I own few, and use them only when other options are unavailable. 2-Until I started installing 64 bit operating system versions last year, I never formatted anything EXT4. For compatibility reasons, I still don't, except for some / partitions hosting 64 bit operating systems. The AZBox ultimate destination for these files runs on 2.6.15-sigma. When its menu is used to format storage, it uses EXT2. I have no idea whether it would support EXT4 at all, much less any attributes EXT4 may have acquired between 2.6.15 and 3.11 kernel versions. 3-This is my only 32GB stick, acquired for use with a STB lacking both ethernet, and eSATA, and FOSS underpinnings. It was some sort of FAT when purchased. I booted WinXP in order to reformat it with a less crippled filesystem maximally suitable for use with non-FOSS OS supporting only FAT and NTFS. 4-Choosing to tar the files to preserve attributes turned out to be a blunder. The only attributes I care about that are not easily recreated are timestamps, which is why I tried tar (not gtar, not star, but tar; BusyBox v1.00 2008.04.24-06 I must deal with has no star, no gtar). As the filesystem the original files were copied to USB from are on a HD device formatted with EXT2 and with both eSATA and USB connectivity, I should have cabled the device directly to the STB's USB port instead of having to slow copy multiply. Thanks to all 5 who replied. To Stefan, I couldn't find *src* on my AZBox HD+ except for two of its drivers, not that it would matter to me, since I'm no programmer. I saw the posix section of the tar man page. The choices given there are largely why I started this thread. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org