Chad Walstrom wrote: >Historically, Linux has had crappy NTFS support. Since you mentioned >using tar to transfer, I'm assuming this a read operation. That should >be O.K., but you never know. I'd stay away from write operations on the >NTFS system if possible. > > Yes, the point of the file copy is to get away from NTFS. The NTFS disks are mounted read-only. Once the data are moved on to a reiserfs disk, the source disk will be initialized and then added to the logical volume group I'm building. >Update your kernel. ;-) > > I've been waiting for 2.6.10 to become available through the YaST upgrade process. I haven't dived into the brave world of building my own kernel, but maybe I should. >Ick. Promise controllers suck royally, IMHO. Their standard IDE >controllers may be O.K., but my experience in working with their >software RAID cards has given me the general impression that you want to >stay away from Promise if you can. > > I hear you, but it's what I had available. Any reommendations on what should replace it? I really do need the IDE channels. >For performance reasons, I would consider moving one of your disks from >the Primary to the Secondary channel. > > Yeah, I plan to do that. >I know I didn't REALLY give you any great suggestions, but maybe the >NTFS info will be helpful. I don't know the current state of the >project, but I would seriously make certain you > > "...seriously make certain" I what? The project is still early. I am being careful to not lose data. Each disk is 200gb, and I have an empty 200gb disk to copy onto. The source disk is mounted read-only. Thanks for the suggestions. -Jeff