On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 08:00 +0300, Rumen Yotov wrote: > Paul Hoy Gmail wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I'm confused about running Beagle on a Gentoo reiserfs filesystem. > > > >Gentoo provides a HOWTO Beagle (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Beagle) > >and uses a reiserfs filesystem (included extended attributues) as an > >example throughout. However, the Beagle Web site states in its FAQ > >(http://www.beaglewiki.org/FAQ) that Beagle does not support Reiser4S: > >"Reiser4 does not support the standard Linux extended attribute > >interfaces, but instead implements its own. If/when Reiser4 supports > >extended attributes, it will be supported." > > > >The Gentoo HOWTO wiki explains that a user should enable extended > >attributes for his or her filesystems, and shows how you can do so > >with Ext2. The author of the wiki says you can do the same with > >reiserfs, but I don't recall seeing the option in the kernel (when I > >configured it a couple of weeks ago). > > > >Finally, the Gentoo Wiki author adds the "user_xattr" option to the > >reiserfs entry in fstab. This suggests that reiserfs is supported. The > >fact that the option doesn't appear in the kernel, suggest that it's > >not. And, the fact that the Beagle Web site says reiserfs is not > >support Beagle also suggests that I can run Beagle on an reiserfs > >filesystem. > > > >Any leads, hints, suggestions, solutions, answers? > > > > > > > Hi, > Using reiserfsprogs-3.6.19 (reiser-3) and also have extended-attributes > support in kernel-config (reiser-3). > Haven't checked but think/remember that reiserfs-4 has it's own > security/encryption things (in filesystem). > IMO above wiki in for reiserfs-3 only and will work with it. > Extended-attr. for reiserfs are under reiserfs-config. > HTH. Rumen
Hi Rumen, Can you expand on your statement, "for reiserfs are under reiserfs-config"? Is this a patch? Thanks, Paul -- [email protected] mailing list
