well, if u say it will run with no problems, then I wouldn't change it...simply because that was my experiment os...
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Franki Sent: 02 November 2001 02:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Reiser FS/ext3/Redhat... I have done that before myself with no problems.. but if you want to change it, it should be the same as any other partition... make a new partition and format it ext2 or 3, (dunno if it has to be at the start of the disk or not, but it couldn't hurt) copy everything from boot into it.. then edit /etc/fstab to point /boot to your new partiton.. reboot.. like I said, I have not done it with boot before, but I did it totally sucessfully with /var in 8.1 (in my case, /var ran out of space and I needed heaps more, so I added another drive (three in that system now) and created /var2 on it.. formated it reiserfs and mounted it and copied everything from var into it.. then edited fstab to mount that new partition as var and removed the entry for the old one.. then rebooted and lo and behold,, it worked. I was feeling rather proud of myself. :-) rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Loke Kit Kai Sent: Friday, 2 November 2001 1:25 AM To: 'Sridhar Dhanapalan'; Mandrake List (E-mail) Subject: RE: [newbie] Reiser FS/ext3/Redhat... oh no... I use ReiserFS for /... how do I change that to wat ever u recommend? or do I have to reinstall the whole system? so sorry that I asked so many questions -----Original Message----- From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 November 2001 01:20 To: Loke Kit Kai Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Reiser FS/ext3/Redhat... My /etc/fstab line looks like this: /dev/hda1 / reiserfs notail 1 1 You probably shouldn't be using ReiserFS for /, though. There are some known problems with doing so, but I haven't noticed any (yet). On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 00:59:53 +0800, "Loke Kit Kai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how do I do that? I just installed mandrake 8.1, but don't really have > chance to play with it yet... having exams now... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 02 November 2001 00:52 > To: Loke Kit Kai; Mandrake Newbie List > Subject: Re: [newbie] Reiser FS/ext3/Redhat... > > > For a home system, basically nothing. I use it myself. Just be sure to mount > your partitions with the notail parameter. > > However, we are talking about Red Hat, which is a server- and > business-oriented > distro. I don't believe that ReiserFS is the best choice of FS for servers. > > > On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 23:44:29 +0800, "Loke Kit Kai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > may i know wat's wrong with ReiserFS? i thought a lot of ppl using that? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Ronald J. Hall > > Sent: 01 November 2001 22:19 > > To: Mandrake Newbie List > > Subject: [newbie] Reiser FS/ext3/Redhat... > > > > > > Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > > > > > I think that Red Hat had a very valid reason _not_ to include ReiserFS. > > You must > > > remember that Red Hat is a server distro that prizes security and > > reliability > > > > Hi! Just as an observation, while on the Linux Lunacy trip, I got a chance > > to > > hear Michael Johnson of Redhat speak. He was asked by a software engineer > > from > > Brussels why not ReiserFS. Michael made comments to the effect of what you > > just said. > > > > However, to be fair, didn't ext3 fail Civileme's sledgehammer hardware > test? > > > > So...I guess there are valid concerns both ways. Once the ReiserFS gets a > > little maturity, do you think it will stack up better serverwise, against > > the > > ext3 fs? > > > > Later! ;-) > > > > -- > > > > /\ > > > > Dark><Lord > > \/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sridhar Dhanapalan > > "... if you're a basic PC user thinking about buying XP, don't. It's > basically > malware. It harangues you with nagging, fake-friendly reminders to obtain a > Passport and submit to product activation, and treats you like a child when > you > try to do anything heretical, like install a device driver of which it > disapproves." -- Thomas C. Greene, "Win-XP vs Red Hat 7.2", The Register > (http://www.theregister.co.uk), 2001-10-30. > -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from." -- Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 2nd ed, p.25
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