On 11/22/05, Jake Maciejewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 16:52 -0800, Ryan Nordman wrote: > > Hi Hans, > > > > Allow me to introduce myself, I'm one of Peter (aka pvh)'s colleagues > > here at the University of Victoria. A while back we mentioned we'd > > write a practical install guide for Reiser4 with Ubuntu 5.10. Well, > > here it is. Let us know if you want us to make any changes to the > > format or add/remove any steps. > > > > All version references in this document are up to date for Ubuntu 5.10 > > (Breezy Badger). > > > > Prerequisites: Add the universe repository to your sources > > > > 1. Install all the software needed to compile the kernel > > # apt-get build-dep linux-source-2.6.12 > > # apt-get install linux-source-2.6.12 checkinstall libncurses-dev > > > > 2. Use the following commands to download the latest Reiser4 kernel > > patch, the Reiser4 utility programs, and required libraries. > > # wget > > ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiser4-for-2.6/2.6.12/reiser4-for-2.6.12-3.patch.gz > > # wget > > ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiser4progs/reiser4progs-1.0.5.tar.gz > > # wget ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiser4progs/libaal-1.0.5.tar.gz > > > > 3. Install libaal > > # tar zxf libaal-1.0.5.tar.gz > > # cd libaal-1.0.5 > > # ./configure; make > > # checkinstall > > At the prompt: "Should I create a default set of package docs? [y]:" > > type "y" and press enter. > > You will then be prompted to input a description of the package. > > Enter something like "locally built libaal" then press enter three > > times. > > # cd .. > > > > 4. Install reiser4progs > > # tar zxf reiser4progs-1.0.5.tar.gz > > # cd reiser4progs-1.0.5 > > # ./configure; make > > # checkinstall > > At the prompt: "Should I create a default set of package docs? [y]:" > > type "y" and press enter. > > At the prompt: "Do you want me to list them? [n]:" type "n" and press > > enter. > > At the prompt: "Should I exclude them from the package? (Saying yes is > > a good idea) [y]:" type "y" and press enter. > > You will then be prompted to input a description of the package. Type > > something like "locally built libaal" then press enter three times. > > > > 5. Unzip and add the reiser4 code to the linux source > > # cd /usr/src > > # tar xvf linux-source-2.6.12.tar.bz2 > > # cd linux-source-2.6.12/ > > # gunzip -c ~/reiser4-for-2.6.12-3.patch.gz | patch -p1 > > > > 6. Compile the kernel > > # make menuconfig > > Select "File systems --->" from the menu and press enter. > > Select "Reiser4 (EXPERIMENTAL) (NEW)" and type "M". > > Press the esc key twice. > > Select "yes" at the prompt. > > Must the rest of the kernel options be configured here as well, or does > apt-get install the sources with a .config? Most users who know how to > configure a kernel will probably know the other steps. If the kernel has > to be configured, is the default Ubuntu .config easily available? >
Also, the kernel that Ubuntu ships with is now patched with usplash, and the initrd is dynamically-configured when linux-kernel-2.6.12-2-i386 or similar is configured if the usplash-artwork (or ?ubuntu-artwork package, where ? is either k or x) package is installed (provided on base install with 5.10 and newer). And then the initrd itself is another issue in and of itself -- IIRC, a large majority of Ubuntu components are built modules, IIRC, even fs support for most root fses... -- ~Mike - Just my two cents - No man is an island, and no man is unable.
