On Sat, 11 May 2002 16:19:00 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends: > 1) You can use the RH-7.2 image from the XFS ftp server, which gives > you the entire OS natively installed on an XFS filesystem > 2) You set aside some free disk space, partition it, format it for > XFS, and then copy your pre-existing OS onto it. I've written a SxS > for that. > > On Sat, 11 May 2002, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > > > How do you set up XFS when you install a distro? > > > > Collins wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 10 May 2002 18:37:28 -0700 "Net Llama!" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Collins wrote: > > >> > On Thu, 09 May 2002 19:57:20 -0700 "Net Llama!" > > >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > > >> >>I should add, that I use XFS on every new box I build. Its a > > >joy> >to>not have to worry about the filesystem anymore. I've > > >got 1 box> >with>ext3, and its a constant headache. > > >> >> > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > ymmv. I've been using ext3 for quite a while (brief > > >excursion> > into XFS, but tired of the limited kernel > > >offerings), and I> > certainly have no filesystem worries. No > > >headaches either.> > > >> Define "limited kernel offerings"? Every 2.4.x kernel released > > >has> had an XFS patch. > > >> > > > > > > True, but I don't always stick to the "released kernels." > > > gentoo makes available a number of offerings that include > > > patches (such as the low latency series and other performance > > > enhancements) which are relatively stable but not available for > > > the XFS kernel. For example, I'm at a 2.4.18+ kernel, whereas > > > the XFS offering is still at 2.4.17. > > > > > > Picky, picky, but I prefer to play. > > >
gentoo also provides the opportunity to install to an xfs partition. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD? gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.19+(ext3) xfce-sylpheed-mozilla _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
