On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 09:49:39 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, m.w.chang wrote: > > it's the 1.4 rc2 686 LiveCD > > > > just downloaded the gentoo 1.4rc2 LiveCD. > > the installation guide didn't mention how to create a xfs root > > partition. what should I do to use xfs? > > Create a linux partition, and format for xfs. > > > btw, the step of using dd to clean the first 1k of partition could > > be dangerous, isn't it? a wrong output device will render your > > harddisk unbootable, if not daming the FAT of an existing data > > partition.... :) > > No more dangerous than any other command you run as root. Why would > you need to use dd for this anyway?? > I don't know how it is with other fs types, but a partition once formatted as reiserfs may retain some knowledge of its reiserness after formatting as ext2/3, the result being that you can't use a mount command without the type explicitly specified. Granted, this was many months ago, so this behavior may have been fixed along the way. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area gentoo 1.4 system _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
