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   =?UTF-8?Q?St=C3=A9phane?= CARPENTIE to All   
   Re: Case-dependent file systems   
   11 Jan 26 14:34:43   
   
   From: sc@fiat-linux.fr   
      
   Le 11-01-2026, Lawrence D’Oliveiro  a écrit :   
   > On 10 Jan 2026 14:36:45 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:   
   >   
   >> If you are at home, waiting for your data to take two terabytes of   
   >> space before considering backup is already too late.   
   >   
   > Perhaps it’s worth a reminder of what Lars is trying to do: he has   
   > discovered that the ext4 filesystem has the option for   
   > case-insensitive operation. But this option has to be enabled at the   
   > time a new volume is initialized, it cannot be added to an existing   
   > volume. So he has to find some way of temporarily moving two terabytes   
   > of data to somewhere else while he reinitializes his storage with this   
   > new option.   
      
   Because he doesn't has any backup. Which s not a good idea when you have   
   two tera of important data.   
      
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