thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 12:27 PM Subject: Re: [expert] reiserfs : THis is how i installed a pure reiserFS system. : hdreiser.img is just to upgrade a reiser system but it can be used to install : too. This must be done in expert mode. boot with the floppy image then when : you get to the diskdrake section of the install you must change the file type : to reiserFS in expert mode of diskdrake you will have to look for the right : button to push. It has been almost a month since i have done this. Reiserfs : has its minor problems ie. sometimes it freezes up and i have yet to get a : 2.4.0 kernel to boot. Good Luck : : Salane : : : : On Friday 24 November 2000 02:54 pm, you wrote: : > Maybe this will sound dumb, but can you experts tell the rest of us, how do : > you install reiserfs if you have to unmount the partition to do it? Do you : > create two partitions, install a minimal linux on one, format the other : > partition, copy all the linux files to it, reboot, change the parms in grub : > to point to the other partition, delete the other parition, and then use : > the reiser expand function to expand the partition? or do you create a : > minimal linux system, copy it to a cd, point grub to the cd, etc? Or are : > you limited to a home partition for the reiser file system? : > : > Is this image file hdreiser.img that comes with LM 7.2 meaningful or do you : > have to patch the kernel? I tried making a boot disk with that image but : > it would not read from my cd even though it offered that as a choice, and : > somehow I don't think it enabled the reiserfs option. : : ---------------------------------------- : Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" : Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit : Content-Description: : ---------------------------------------- : : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- : Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: : Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. :
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