Would you recommend Reiser4?

SiberianSniper · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:04 am Post subject:

There are a lot of actively developed patch sets that support Reiser4, just look through the Unsupported Software forums. There might even be some in portage, I haven't really looked that hard yet.

But whatever you choose for a filesystem, you just need to set up the filesystem on the partition and extract the tarballs like normal. It's pretty easy. Plus, you'll want to install the tools that go with that filesystem, for example reiserfsprogs to go with ReiserFS.

tatotato · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:12 am Post subject:

SiberianSniper · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:22 am Post subject:

tatotato · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:26 am Post subject:

I guess you're right. I've found the kernel that I want to build (that being hitchhiker-sources). How do I install my built kernel after I do the satge tarballs?

And do I extract stage1, then stage2, then stage3 onto the partition? Or just stage3?

That's a very interesting story too. If the FS works nice, Hans is innocent

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dusanc · Apprentice Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 248 Location: Serbia

Just follow the gentoo handbook for installation. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml
As for reiser4 I use it for / (not for /home) and am very pleased. Create it with cryptocompress support (LZO1) and enjoy

A1: I think it's worthvile;
A2: You'll find all the info you need in the forums (unsupported software). Just find some reiser4 livecd that you like (for your platform of choice) and follow handbook.

PS. You'll want to make /boot with ext2/3 as using it with reiser4+grub takes some (unneeded IMHO) work.

yngwin · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:12 am Post subject:

If you are on x86 or amd64, you can use the SystemRescueCD as liveCD, because it has Reiser4 support. You use the normal stage3 (just stage3, not 1 and 2), following the handbook. The only difference will be that you use mkfs.reiser4 for creating your main filesystem(s), and hitchhiker-sources for your kernel. Do make a separate boot partition with ext2, because grub doesn't work from a reiser4 boot (and the patch that exists for that is very unstable).

Personally I have used Reiser4 for both root and home partitions for several years. It's been the most stable FS I have ever used.
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nixnut · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:06 pm Post subject:

merged above dozen posts here.
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rmh3093 · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:39 pm Post subject:

this thread should just get locked.... reiser4 is bad news
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tatotato · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject:

Need4Speed · Guru Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 497

Reiser4 has so much potential. I would definitely be using it if future development was more certain.

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kernelOfTruth · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:43 am Post subject:

yngwin · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject:

drescherjm · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject:

Need4Speed · Guru Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 497

So does Reiser4 have a development website or at least a mailing list? I see namesys.com has been down for quite a while.

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:

yngwin · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject:

The reiser4 patches are now on the kernel mirrors, under http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/edward/
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