How do I user reiser4?

SolidSnakex28 · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:55 am Post subject: How do I user reiser4?

Sorry if it sounds noobish, but how do I make a partition reiser4? I have the 2006.0 disc, but how do I make a reiser4 partition with it, if possible?

kfiaciarka · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:03 am Post subject:

Just find out if there is mkfs.resier4 option. If there isn't emerge reiser4progs.

SolidSnakex28 · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:08 am Post subject:

No, there is no mkfs.reiser4 option, which is exactly what I was looking for. But can you emerge on a livedisc? I don't think so...?

kfiaciarka · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:20 am Post subject:

gabardal · n00b Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 19

First of all, you need to boot from a livecd that has reiser4 support, like Conrad's Livecd, once you've done that, just create the filesystem with:

SolidSnakex28 · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:37 am Post subject:

So how unstable is it? And is kernel support incuded in the kernel sources? suspend2-sources, for example? I could find out for myself, but I'm just too lazy to emerge another kernel source.

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codergeek42 · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:53 am Post subject:

Moved from Kernel & Hardware to Unsupported Software.
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soongjason · n00b Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 35

I have not check the recent kernel, but if reiser4 is not supported, you can try to use vanilla-kernal. It is 100% there. by the way, are you using the lastest Gentoo LiveCD? Cause I reiser4progs is already in the latest portage tree. I see no reason why gentoo is not adding reiser4progs and mkreiser4 in the lastest LiveCD.
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I thought reiser4 was ok it was the mm-sources that were out of kilter. I never had the chance to use it much. I use xfs for the longest time and never had a problem (ok once I couldn't read journal on boot up because of some bug with raid so i had to fsck it w/ a slax disk, that bug should have been fixed but it was the only time i ever fsck anything). It's probably slower. Ok I'm pretty sure its not as fast or effective but it can be tuned and beats wondering what happened. I wish they'd have an option so that when the kernel geeks it doesn't zero out the open files. I don't need that kind of security.

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zxy · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject:

I searched for patches. Where to get them? I'd like to patch gentoo-sources 2.6.16.
I have only found 2.6.15 kernel that's already patched. (http://www.ebuildexchange.org/catview.php?sh_cat_f=sys-kernel)

I had good experiences (speed, ...) with reiser4, for now no problems, except with finding patches.

And a comment to above: Many filesystems can crash if your litle sister or brother shutdowns the computer .... (without shutdown)

zxy · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject:

Anyway, DO read forums pages dedicated to reiser4. Ther is a lot of good info there. But read the last dated pages too. Reiser4 is becoming stable, and earlier problems get solved, so info from 6 months ago can be outdated already.

I have reiser4 on all partitions (usr, var, home), but not on root and boot. If something still goes wroGn then you can still boot your system without major problems.

And my experience is that portage and compiling have quickend quite a bit (a lot) since usr and var (where emerge is mostly happening) are on reiser4.

Still, read forums, and decide for yourself. You have the link above.

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Enlight · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:13 am Post subject:

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enzobelmont · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:59 am Post subject:

if i were you better stay away from reiser 4, UNSTABLE absolutely Untrustwhorty (did i said it right??? sorry my english... :wink:

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Enlight · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:43 am Post subject: