I have tested on same system with all local files and do not see an issue. I will circle back to a similar test where I used a SMB mount(see my comment on 2009-08-21) and test again.
root@U910-64:~# uname -a
Linux U910-64 2.6.31-10-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 22 17:33:14 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I have tested on same system with all local files and do not see an issue. I will circle back to a similar test where I used a SMB mount(see my comment on 2009-08-21) and test again.
root@U910-64:~# uname -a
Linux U910-64 2.6.31-10-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 22 17:33:14 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@U910-64:/# grep DATA /etc/fstab E3BF27 /DATA ntfs defaults, umask=007, gid=46 0 1 3584-45a2- 9bcb-cb686a453c be /DATABANK ext4 defaults 0 1
UUID=AAF6E3F4F6
UUID=d4af6bf2-
du -sh of /DATA
rrosso@U910-64:/$ du -sh DATA
62G DATA
Nautilus /DATA on ntfs filesystem
36,356 items, totalling 61.5 GB
Copied to ext4 system
root@U910-64:/# cd / ; tar cpf - DATA | (cd /media/DATABANK/ ; tar xpf -)
Nautilus /media/ DATABANK/ DATA on ext4 filesystem
36,356 items, totalling 61.5 GB
root@U910-64:~# du -sh /media/ DATABANK/ DATA/ DATABANK/ DATA/
62G /media/
root@U910-64:~# aptitude show coreutils | grep Version
Version: 7.4-2