Hi
Przemyslaw Wegrzyn wrote:
> I'd like to use ReiserFS with 2.2.19, and got 3 simple questions:
>
> 1. Are there any known issues/problems with ReiserFS 3.5.32 I should be
> aware of ?
>
I would recommend few minor fixes (attached).
>
> 2. What are the differences between ReiserFS for 2.2.x kernels and 2.4.x
> kernels as for now ? Except the target kernel version, of course...
>
There are 2 formats of reiserfs. They are referred to as 3.5 and 3.6.
mkreiserfs of reiserfsprogs-3.x.0j (for instance) has a switch (-v) to
create either 3.5 (-v 1) or 3.6 format (-v 2 or default). Under 2.4 you can
work with both 3.5 and 3.6 formats. Under 2.2 you can work only with 3.5
format filesystems.
On a filesystem of 3.6 format you can have files longer than 2 gb and have
more that 64k links to a file.
>
> 3. It's imposible to move back from 2.4.x back to 2.2.x, without
> recreating Reiser filesystem on a partition, isn't ?
>
If you use 3.5 format you are able to go back and forward between 2.2 and
2.4. If you have created 3.6 format or once mounted 3.5 filesystem under
2.4 with -o conv - you can not go back to 2.2.
Thanks,
vs
>
> -=Czaj-nick=-
