@jdd49 said in File Formats - HFS & XFS:

XFS
Does not have the ability to shrink period. It can only grow. The only possible solution is to do a file backup using something like xfsdump, then recreate the filesystem. Or make the smallest partition possible when you first install, then grow after imaging.

Thanks for the info, I guess it’s the best way to go for XFS (for now).

@Sebastian-Roth said in File Formats - HFS & XFS:

See here on how to convert a core storage drive to normal HFS+ volumes without data loss in just a few seconds (I’ve tested this a couple of times without ever seeing an issue!): http://awesometoast.com/yosemite-core-storage-and-partition-woes/

Unfortunately on that post, it seems he’s using only 1 drive, so it is “core storage” but not in a fusion drive.
See a Fusion drive here as a comparison, It’s not “revertible”.

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group EC2A5908-F8A5-42AF-8F73-D8AAFE586074
    =========================================================
    Name:         Internal Drive
    Status:       Online
    Size:         505527934976 B (505.5 GB)
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 5F0BF75B-54D5-4B25-ACBA-EAE2AD03C130
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk1s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     120988852224 B (121.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 73046115-73BE-4B41-922F-67CFCAF204E0
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    1
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     384539082752 B (384.5 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 44D991B6-0383-4BE7-AFC9-C30028F4560B
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         None
        |
        +-> Logical Volume BDA2815B-A7B1-4E14-B36E-A87EB6C7B42A
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk2
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          499672678400 B (499.7 GB)
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
            LVG Type:              Fusion, Sparse

@Wayne-Workman said in File Formats - HFS & XFS:

Move to the latest RC please, see how that goes.

Additionally, the latest RC has support for net booting Macs - if you’re running DHCP on your FOG server that is.

Thanks for the info.
We had OSX net bootin working on our current FOG implementation but we had to modify DHCP config files.
Maybe with this update that fix is not required.

@Quazz said in File Formats - HFS & XFS:

@latelier 7945 is several months old, not sure if XFS quite made it at that point. For the actual XFS partition it should be capturing under XFS mode, not RAW.

I don’t believer resizeable is an option for XFS, though, but could be wrong.

Ok thanks, I’ll give it a shot.
I’ll try to update to the latest Trunk version and see if it transfers in XFS.

@Wayne-Workman said in File Formats - HFS & XFS:

A good reason to not have fusion drives. I want to control my computer, not the other way around.

Yep, unfortunately they come bundle with the iMacs…
There’s no way out

Our version is not really old
FOG Trunk 7945.
I could try to update, are you saying that full XFS support (resizable) is suppose to be available ?

@latelier

Never mind, I think I figured it out regarding the iMac.
I just noticed that it does copy small HFS & FAT32 partitions besides the 2 big RAW ones. (It passes really fast)
The data allocation information is probably stored there and the 2 RAW partitions are the main data.
Because you never actually see these 2 drives, it’s all hidden to the user (typical Apple way).
It’s probably how they manage those “Fusion Drives”.
Anyway, seems to make sense regarding the iMac issue.

Although for Linux XFS partitions, it does say “RAW” while transferring, that’s what threw me off.
I guess it’s not an “issue” if there’s just no way for partclone (for now) to copy XFS partitions like it can for EXT4.

Strange thing also.
On a MacMini with 1 drive and Fog settings at “All Disks, Multi Partition” it says “HFS” while transferring.
On iMac with their so called “Fusion Drives” which is actually 2 drives (1 SSD & 1 HD) with the exact same FOG settings, it says “RAW” while transferring.
I don’t see any difference in the end thought.
And you’re right, the image size is not the total disk space but the actual partition used space.

Too bad it still scans the whole 1TB, it takes about 2 hours to clone an iMac.

Oh I see…
I thought that when partclone was falling back to “raw” for the transfers it was not fully supported.
I guess partclone does not support partitions on those file systems yet ?
It’s a bummer to copy 1TB when there’s only 10GB on the actual drive…

Hi,

I notice that partclone supports HFS & XFS.
Any way to have the version of partclone that comes with FOG to be updated and support these features ?
It would help with Apple machines (hfs) & CentOS 7 (now default to xfs)

Thanks