Running all but / on reiser now.

Post #3,033 by addison 7/30/01 11:03:46 AM Reply	Running all but / on reiser now. Which is really handy now when I get lockups/gnome barfs and takes the keyboard/mouse away.... Which is happening(ed) a lot since Friday, when I was getting prepared for it. :) Now, to figure how to get reiser's module loaded (or just recompile the kernel. Definately less impressive). :) Got 5% space back on a 4G drive with reiser (that was completely filled up). Now... to try and figure how to backup, re-low level the disk (I'm getting errors with dump, and wondering if the hard drive might be the problem)...without having to reinstall RH 7.1 (cause I don't think I can get it to use reiser, off the CD). (and I want to expand swap space, and make / bigger) Addison
Post #4,013 by Gibbo 8/7/01 8:48:48 AM Reply	Reiserfs root can be done. Had / running with reiserfs for quite a while now. It's great. No problems so far. You will have to rebuild your kernel with reiserfs inlined. It's a bit hard to load the requisite module if the kernel doesn't know the filesystem type to read for obtaining the modules and root filesystem. I got caught out by that problem and unfortunately forgot to have a backup arrangement. Fortunately it was sorted out with some juggling. You could be daring and run with devfs as well. Again no problems and very easy with Debian :)
Post #4,030 by addison 8/7/01 10:25:17 AM Reply	I know. But I haven't gotten around to doing all the work needed to get root on it. The kernel's got reiser inline now.. But clearing / and then moving it back will require some thought. And I was just told by our resident Linux Zealot (working on the Linux Virtual Server) that he moved everything this weekend to ext3, and that converted without reformatting. Hrrrrm. Addison
Post #4,106 by Gibbo 8/7/01 6:11:09 PM Reply	I'm running out of bleeding edge options :) It looks like it's time to convert my old ext2 partition to ext3. It gets a bit dull when the bleeding edge starts stabilising...:( Reiserfs has been rather lacking in showstoppers for quite some time :( Though I'm still having trouble running VMware on my 2.4 system. It worked before :( If I can get it sorted out I might consider paying for registration.
Post #4,110 by pwhysall 8/7/01 6:52:36 PM Reply	All the bleeding edge you could ever want [link\|http://www.gentoo.org/\|http://www.gentoo.org/] -- Peter Shill For Hire
Post #4,111 by admin 8/7/01 6:53:52 PM Reply	That's been the biggest reason I've waited. I have too much stuff to back off and then restore easily. But if ext3 can convert without reformatting... Regards, -scott anderson

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