Re: [gentoo] the new xfs fs support

2003-01-08 Thread m.w.chang
problem solved. m.w.chang wrote: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml > > am I reading the wrong one? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxf

Re: [gentoo] the new xfs fs support

2003-01-08 Thread m.w.chang
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml am I reading the wrong one? > Their online 1.4-rc2 installation guide & the 1.4 guide I downloaded & > printed in October both say to use > mkfs.xfs /dev/hdxx. > -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.o

Re: [gentoo] the new xfs fs support

2003-01-07 Thread Collins
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

Re: [gentoo] the new xfs fs support

2003-01-07 Thread Tom Jandl
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 08:00, 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? Their online 1.4-rc2 installation guide & the 1.4 guide I do

Re: [gentoo] the new xfs fs support

2003-01-07 Thread Net Llama!
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, m.w.chang wrote: > > what's the command? the english user guide give examples for all fs > except xfs. > > > Create a linux partition, and format for xfs. > > take a look at the user guide yourself. :) > the step after creating the 3 minimum partitions. No thanks. THat's why i

Re: [gentoo] the new xfs fs support

2003-01-07 Thread m.w.chang
what's the command? the english user guide give examples for all fs except xfs. > Create a linux partition, and format for xfs. take a look at the user guide yourself. :) the step after creating the 3 minimum partitions. > No more dangerous than any other command you run as root. Why would you

Re: [gentoo] the new xfs fs support

2003-01-07 Thread Net Llama!
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

[gentoo] the new xfs fs support

2003-01-07 Thread m.w.chang
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? btw, the step of using dd to clean the first 1k of partition could be dangerous, isn't it? a wrong output device will ren