Re: [CentOS] centos 5 with xfs root?

2013-02-24 Thread James Pearson
John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/23/2013 7:40 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > >>Is it possible to install centos 5 with xfs root and how to do it? > > > Wait. I just realized you're asking about centos *5* and XFS? > > I wouldn't use XFS with EL5, root or not the XFS support was very > preliminar

Re: [CentOS] centos 5 with xfs root?

2013-02-24 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/23/2013 7:40 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > Is it possible to install centos 5 with xfs root and how to do it? Wait. I just realized you're asking about centos *5* and XFS? I wouldn't use XFS with EL5, root or not the XFS support was very preliminary, the base kernel was just too old. X

Re: [CentOS] centos 5 with xfs root?

2013-02-24 Thread James Pearson
Eero Volotinen wrote: > Hi List, > > Is it possible to install centos 5 with xfs root and how to do it? Yes it is possible - we've been doing just that for years (and with centos 4 before that). The method we use involves using a modified installer (anaconda) Anaconda for RHEL/centos 5 already

Re: [CentOS] centos 5 with xfs root?

2013-02-23 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/23/2013 3:57 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > yeah, I'd probably just use a relatively small ext4 with / (including > /usr), then make /var and /home XFS... if you make extensive use of > /usr/local and/or /opt, make those XFS too via lvm logical volumes mounted. oh. absotively for SURE you do N

Re: [CentOS] centos 5 with xfs root?

2013-02-23 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/23/2013 3:38 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > 2013/2/23 John R Pierce: >> >On 2/23/2013 12:51 PM, Joseph Spenner wrote: >>> >>What if you create a /boot partition as EXT2 or EXT3, and the rest of the >>> >>partitions as XFS? I suspect grub would be happy then. >> > >> >you'd need to get the xfsut

Re: [CentOS] centos 5 with xfs root?

2013-02-23 Thread Eero Volotinen
2013/2/23 John R Pierce : > On 2/23/2013 12:51 PM, Joseph Spenner wrote: >> What if you create a /boot partition as EXT2 or EXT3, and the rest of the >> partitions as XFS? I suspect grub would be happy then. > > you'd need to get the xfsutils into the initdr. I'm not sure thats > feasible. plu

Re: [CentOS] centos 5 with xfs root?

2013-02-23 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/23/2013 12:51 PM, Joseph Spenner wrote: > What if you create a /boot partition as EXT2 or EXT3, and the rest of the > partitions as XFS? I suspect grub would be happy then. you'd need to get the xfsutils into the initdr. I'm not sure thats feasible. plus, I don't think the anaconda inst

Re: [CentOS] centos 5 with xfs root?

2013-02-23 Thread Joseph Spenner
  From: John R Pierce To: centos@centos.org Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:23 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] centos 5 with xfs root? On 2/23/2013 7:40 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: >> Hi List, >> >> Is it possible to install centos 5 with xfs roo

Re: [CentOS] centos 5 with xfs root?

2013-02-23 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/23/2013 7:40 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > Hi List, > > Is it possible to install centos 5 with xfs root and how to do it? afaik, its not. I'm pretty sure grub doesn't know how to read XFS -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coa

[CentOS] centos 5 with xfs root?

2013-02-23 Thread Eero Volotinen
Hi List, Is it possible to install centos 5 with xfs root and how to do it? -- Eero ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos