RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-12 Thread Jonathan Sailor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Henrik Edlund Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 2:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake? On Wed, 12 Sep 2001

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-12 Thread Henrik Edlund
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Jonathan Sailor wrote: JS> What exactly are ext3 and ResierFS anyways? ext3 is a file system that builds on the long stability of the ext2 file system which is what most Linux distributions used, and still use, up until ReiserFS came along. ext2 is an improved version of the

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-12 Thread Jonathan Sailor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What exactly are ext3 and ResierFS anyways? - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Henrik Edlund Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 7:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-12 Thread Henrik Edlund
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: SB> The installer prepares an initrd if it's needed (ie SCSI drive). In the SB> case of Reiser, as I said, it's untested on PPC, so I'm not sure what SB> will happen. SB> SB> Just as an aside, unless the endian safe Reiser stuff has made it into SB> offi

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-12 Thread Stew Benedict
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Henrik Edlund wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: > > SB> You create it - put it in /boot and add an entry in /etc/yaboot.conf: > SB> > SB> image=hd:11,/boot/vmlinuz-2.2 > SB> label=linux-2.2 > SB> root=/dev/hda11 > SB> initrd=hd:11,/b

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Ben Reser
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 04:42:48PM -0400, Jonathan Sailor wrote: > Weird My Titanium came from Taiwan, made a stop in Alaska to clear customers and then was delivered to me. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org Just when you think you're not in Kansas anymore, turns out you ar

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Henrik Edlund
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: SB> You create it - put it in /boot and add an entry in /etc/yaboot.conf: SB> SB> image=hd:11,/boot/vmlinuz-2.2 SB> label=linux-2.2 SB> root=/dev/hda11 SB> initrd=hd:11,/boot/initrd-2.2.img SB> read-only SB> SB> The run ybi

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Jonathan Sailor wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > If yaboot didn't support ResierFS, then you would need an ext2 > partition for the kernel, a root, and a HFS bootstrap, at minimum so > why not just make one for booting? > At worst you need ext2

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Henrik Edlund wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: > > SB> In that scenario, you may still need them, as the modules reside > SB> on /lib and you'll need them to mount "/". To assure they(it) is > SB> included in the initrd image, use the "--with=" option: >

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Sylvain OBEGI
Ok, because mine stopped by Apple's office (Eire too I guess :) Sylvain OBEGI Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ : 661913 - Original Message - From: "Henrik Edlund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:54 PM Subject

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Henrik Edlund
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: SB> In that scenario, you may still need them, as the modules reside SB> on /lib and you'll need them to mount "/". To assure they(it) is SB> included in the initrd image, use the "--with=" option: SB> SB> [root@imac root]# /sbin/mkinitrd --with=reiserfs

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Henrik Edlund
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Sylvain OBEGI wrote: SO> It also seems that before being delivered, they stop by Apple's office. Not according to the person I talked to. If you had add-ons, like printers, they stop by Eire (here in Europe) so be repackaged with add-ons. but not otherwise. -- Henrik Edlun

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Henrik Edlund
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Jonathan Sailor wrote: JS> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- JS> Hash: SHA1 JS> JS> Weird There is probably considerly economic benefits of building the computers where the components are made and then shipping them directly from the factory. -- Henrik Edlund <[EMAIL PROT

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Jonathan Sailor
D]]On Behalf Of Stew Benedict Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 4:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake? On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Henrik Edlund wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Jonathan Sailor wrote: > > JS> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > JS> H

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Sylvain OBEGI
Subject: RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake? > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Weird > > - -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Henrik > Edlund > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 4:23 PM > T

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Henrik Edlund wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Jonathan Sailor wrote: > > JS> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > JS> Hash: SHA1 > JS> > JS> I might suggest making an ext2 partition for /boot just to make > JS> yaboot happy. Or since yaboot needs an HFS partition, you might j

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Henrik Edlund wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: > > SB> I have not tried it, so I can't really recommend a procedure. Nor did I > SB> try anything with Reiser and the installer. Obviously Reiser code is in > SB> the installer as it is the same one used fo

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Jonathan Sailor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Weird - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Henrik Edlund Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 4:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake? On Tue, 11 Sep 2001

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Henrik Edlund
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Jonathan Sailor wrote: JS> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- JS> Hash: SHA1 JS> JS> - From Taiwan? They are being built in Taiwan according to the person I spoke to at Apple. When they are built they are shipped to the buyer. Build time (queue time I would say) is 9 days cu

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Jonathan Sailor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - From Taiwan? - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Henrik Edlund Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 3:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake? On Tue, 11 Sep

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Henrik Edlund
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Jonathan Sailor wrote: JS> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- JS> Hash: SHA1 JS> JS> I might suggest making an ext2 partition for /boot just to make JS> yaboot happy. Or since yaboot needs an HFS partition, you might just JS> want one HFS partition for yaboot and /boot. Can

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Henrik Edlund
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: SB> I have not tried it, so I can't really recommend a procedure. Nor did I SB> try anything with Reiser and the installer. Obviously Reiser code is in SB> the installer as it is the same one used for Intel, but at the time I was SB> more concerned with

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Jonathan Sailor
PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stew Benedict Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake? On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Henrik Edlund wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: > > SB> > SB> On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Ryan C.

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Jonathan Sailor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It should. - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Henrik Edlund Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake? On Tue, 11 Sep 2001

RE: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Jonathan Sailor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ext3? - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ryan C. Gordon Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake? Are ReiserFS and/or ext3

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Henrik Edlund wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: > > SB> > SB> On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Ryan C. Gordon wrote: > SB> > SB> > > SB> > Are ReiserFS and/or ext3 stable for PPC? If so, has anyone got > SB> > recommendations for the best way to get them installed on

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Henrik Edlund
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: SB> SB> On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Ryan C. Gordon wrote: SB> SB> > SB> > Are ReiserFS and/or ext3 stable for PPC? If so, has anyone got SB> > recommendations for the best way to get them installed on Mandrake/PPC? I SB> > just kicked the plug out of my iMac, a

Re: ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Ryan C. Gordon wrote: > > Are ReiserFS and/or ext3 stable for PPC? If so, has anyone got > recommendations for the best way to get them installed on Mandrake/PPC? I > just kicked the plug out of my iMac, and had to suffer the wait through a > fsck. :) > ReiserFS endian-

ReiserFS/ext3 for PPC Mandrake?

2001-09-11 Thread Ryan C. Gordon
Are ReiserFS and/or ext3 stable for PPC? If so, has anyone got recommendations for the best way to get them installed on Mandrake/PPC? I just kicked the plug out of my iMac, and had to suffer the wait through a fsck. :) Thanks, --ryan.