[ubuntu-uk] Copying files from a reiser3 partition to LVM problem

[Rob Beard]

Mark Allison wrote:
>> I don't know about Reiser, but on other file systems  you can specifiy
>> the block/cluster size, if this isn't the same on both of your
>> filesystems, then there would be more slack space on the destination,
>> which would have the effect you're seeing...
> 
> That's the thing. Both filesystems are exactly the same. Why is it
> using more space? Is it something to do with the way LVM allocates
> space? This is driving me nuts...
> 

They've got both the same block size?

Rob