[Cooker] how to change from ext2fs to reiserfs?

[SI Reasoning]

I was considering changing my file system from ext2fs
to reiserfs. Is it as simple as changing it in
linuxconf? Will I lose my data if I do that?

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RE: [Cooker] how to change from ext2fs to reiserfs?

[Andrej Borsenkow]

 I was considering changing my file system from ext2fs
 to reiserfs. Is it as simple as changing it in
 linuxconf?

Yes.

Will I lose my data if I do that?


Yes :-)


Seriously, what do you mean changing in linuxconf? Editing /etc/fstab?

Backup, format partition with reiserfs, restore, run lilo. There is one
point - by default reiser mounts with tail conversion. It has potential
problems with grub (if you are using it) and is known to be slower. You may
consider putting notail as mount options. Unfortunately, it is not possible
when installing.

-andrej

Re: [Cooker] how to change from ext2fs to reiserfs?

[Thierry Vignaud]

Andrej Borsenkow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 problems with grub (if you are using it) and is known to be slower. You may
 consider putting notail as mount options. Unfortunately, it is not possible
 when installing.

but saves a lot of space. this is a policy question. the answer depends of your
disk usage.
if you do want to use tails, put /boot as a separate fs.