Michèl Alexandre Salim wrote:
> --- Piranha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Me too, I
> like XFS! ;) Hey, by doing this can also
>
>> build a good
>> relationship with SGI! Mandrake will partner with
>> SGI! It means you
>> Mandrake guys appreciates the SGI guys' efforts!
>> Then you guys can have
>> more money $$$$$$$ !!! :-)
>>
>> Prana
>>
>> Eugenio Diaz wrote:
>>
>>> --- Michèl Alexandre Salim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> impressed by it. I wonder if XFS support can be
>>>> included, perhaps in the next beta release?
>>>
>>> Me too. Me likes this.
>>
>
> I doubt SGI has a lot of money to burn :p. Regarding a
> suggestion that I do it myself, I am afraid I am
> rather short of time currently. Perhaps sometime
> during the Easter break, but I must warn that I have
> never dabbled with Mandrake's installer before.
>
> Also, since the XFS-enabled kernel is currently a fork
> off the standard kernel tree, an installation with XFS
> would require not only a different kernel for booting
> the install process, but also a different kernel to
> install on the target, and the use of initrd (which I
> am not sure if Mandrake still uses, since the latest
> LILO/GRUB both support booting straight off ReiserFS
> partitions...)
>
> Someone at Mandrake please? I pledge my money to
> buying a boxed set of Mandrake 8.0 if it includes XFS
> - seriously. (Having bought several of SuSE's
> releases, and one of RH's, I am not against spending
> real money on Linux if I deem it adds something nice)
>
> Regards,
>
> Michel Salim
I've been thinking the same thing for a while now, I've been running xfs
for 3-4 months now. I'll take a look at mandrakes installer and see if
dropping in a xfs kernel. The xfsprogs rpm shouldn't be a large problem
since they seem to be made for rh7.0 .
Joakim Bodin
