Re: resiserfs on woody install?
Ok, where can I find info on ext3? I don't see it in the kernel. Can ext2 be upgraded to ext3 once the machine is installed and I'm upgrading to 2.4.X? I take it I have to patch the kernel for ext3 as I don't see it as an option in my 2.4.10 kernel config. Thus spake A.R. (Tom) Peters ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Robert L. Harris wrote: I am rebuilding a box. I have the woody floppies, I've gotten to the point of initializing the root filesystem. Interestingly there is a mkreiserfs available and it can make the filesystem, but doesn't seem to be able to mount it. I've tried to install the modules but it won't install until root is mounted How do I mount the reiserfs filesystem so I can install on a reiserfs cleanly? Theoretically, this should work iff you have ReiserFS support built into your kernel. Having it in a module is a pain, since you have to use a root floppy and|or an initrd which has the module tools and the modules and mount. It has been advised to keep your root (and possibly /var) as ext2fs, so that use an ordinary kernel on a rescue disk (i.e. without ReiserFS) to repair your system. If you want a journalling FS, you can easily put a journal on / and make it ext3fs. I have no direct experience with your situation, because I also put my Reiserfs on logical volumes. Theoretically it should be possible to put your root FS on a logical volume (again using an initrd and an init that keeps running while you chroot to your proper FS), but after 2 weeks I gave up. -- #!$!%(@^%#%*(([EMAIL PROTECTED]@^$##*#@(%)@**$!(!^(#((#%!)%*@)($($$%(@#)*!^$)[EMAIL PROTECTED]@) Tom thriving on chaos Peters NL-1062 KD nr 149 tel.+31-204080204 Amsterdam e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] :wq! --- Robert L. Harris| Micros~1 : Senior System Engineer |For when quality, reliability at RnD Consulting | and security just aren't \_ that important! DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
Re: resiserfs on woody install?
On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 08:02:31 -0600, Robert L. Harris wrote: where can I find info on ext3? I don't see it in the kernel. It's a separate patch at the moment, AFAIK. It is included in at least Alan Cox' series of patches for 2.4 kernels (where you need to say [*] Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers to get [ ] Ext3 journalling file system support under filesystems). Can ext2 be upgraded to ext3 once the machine is installed and I'm upgrading to 2.4.X? Yes. As I understand it, you can even go back easily. HTH, Ray -- POPULATION EXPLOSION Unique in human experience, an event which happened yesterday but which everyone swears won't happen until tomorrow. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
Re: resiserfs on woody install?
Robert L. Harris writes: where can I find info on ext3? I don't see it in the kernel. Can ext2 be upgraded to ext3 once the machine is installed and I'm upgrading to 2.4.X? I take it I have to patch the kernel for ext3 as I don't see it as an option in my 2.4.10 kernel config. http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/ext3/ There you'll find the patch for 2.4.10 and the documentation. Basically, grab the patch, cd to your sources, gunzip path/to/patch | patch -p1, then do a make config (or menuconfig or whatever). I have upgraded machines using ext2 to ext3 while they were running. There is one important thing to note. In 2.4.10, running tune2fs -j /dev/hdXX then rebooting won't give you an ext3 partition. You must run tune2fs in a different kernel (like your existing one), because of some changes in the 2.4.10 kernel. If you need to delete the .journal file, because you forgot to create the journal in 2.4.9 (or whatever kernel) use: chattr -i .journal; rm .journal BEFORE running tune2fs -j (from https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/ext3-users/2001-September/001467.html) Oh, and make sure e2fsprogs and mount are the correct versions. Discussions about ext3 on 2.4.10 are in September's archives: https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/ext3-users/2001-September/thread.html Andrew.
Re: resiserfs on woody install?
On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Robert L. Harris wrote: I am rebuilding a box. I have the woody floppies, I've gotten to the point of initializing the root filesystem. Interestingly there is a mkreiserfs available and it can make the filesystem, but doesn't seem to be able to mount it. I've tried to install the modules but it won't install until root is mounted How do I mount the reiserfs filesystem so I can install on a reiserfs cleanly? Theoretically, this should work iff you have ReiserFS support built into your kernel. Having it in a module is a pain, since you have to use a root floppy and|or an initrd which has the module tools and the modules and mount. It has been advised to keep your root (and possibly /var) as ext2fs, so that use an ordinary kernel on a rescue disk (i.e. without ReiserFS) to repair your system. If you want a journalling FS, you can easily put a journal on / and make it ext3fs. I have no direct experience with your situation, because I also put my Reiserfs on logical volumes. Theoretically it should be possible to put your root FS on a logical volume (again using an initrd and an init that keeps running while you chroot to your proper FS), but after 2 weeks I gave up. -- #!$!%(@^%#%*(([EMAIL PROTECTED]@^$##*#@(%)@**$!(!^(#((#%!)%*@)($($$%(@#)*!^$)[EMAIL PROTECTED]@) Tom thriving on chaos Peters NL-1062 KD nr 149 tel.+31-204080204 Amsterdam e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: resiserfs on woody install?
I'd have to second using ext3 on the root filesystem, as I've made various configuration errors when setting it up, and it really is convenient to have it boot up as ext2 when ext3 fails. Andrew.
