how to convert to ReiserFS ?

[Alan McKinnon]

On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 13:06 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> So, with noatime, the 5 second sync, about which Mario complained,
> won't
> happen? The FAQ isn't clear about this. It only contains:
> 
>  Why, when I'm working on files (i.e. having open files) on my laptop,
> does ReiserFS access the disk every 5 seconds? This effectively
> prevents the disk from spinning down,
> i.e. APM modes to take over, even when I'm not writing anything.
>     Brent Graveland <bgraveland at hyperchip.com> answers:
>     It's the atime update. Every time you run sync, the sync program's
> atime is updated. The next sync writes this atime update, then sync
> gets updated again...

I checked my machines again since last night - both use only reiser
(except for /boot), the notebook has all partitions mounted noatime and
does not sync every five seconds. It also spins down properly when it
should. The desktop has all partitions mounted atime and does sync every
5 seconds and therefore does not spin down

alan