Quoting nhadie ramos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Is there a way that i can choose ReiserFS as my filesystem during > installation?
Yes. Choose a distribution whose installer that offers that option during installation. ;-> > Or do i really have to install it first as ext2 or ext3 then just > convert it to ReiserFS? First, please understand that ext3 is just ext2 plus a journal. So, "journalising" ext2 by applying the right tune2fs command to it, and then remounting, transforms it into ext3. Conversely, remounting an ext3 partition as ext2 is trivially simple, and amounts to just ignoring the journal. But "converting" either of those to or from ReiserFS (without losing the filesystems' contents) would be something radically more complex, because ReiserFS is nothing like them. I know of no software that even aspires to do that. Now, if you're willing to move all of the contents of a partition to somewhere else for safekeeping, you can certainly delete an ext2/ext3 filesystem, create a different filesystem (such as ReiserFS) in its place, and then copy the files back. I used this technique to convert systems to SGI's XFS filesystem, back when support for the latter was very rare. You can always use the same method as a last resort, when you already have data in place (e.g., to use even more exotic filesystems, such as IBM's JFS): http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/linux-info/xfs-conversion -- Cheers, Rick Moen FORTH heart if honk then. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
