Does Slack 8 have support for Reiser FS?

[ombra]

I'm running Mandrake 7.2 right now and am getting a little pi**ed. Does Slack 8 support Reiser out of the box or would I have to get the source and compile it into the kernel? I would like to format the partitions to Reiser during the install like Mandrake does.

Thanks

[Strike]

I think Slack 8 does out of the box, but I'm not sure. Even so, converting your whole system can be fun :) Check their website.

[berb]

yes and no, there is suppport out of the box BUT they recommend that you recompile the kernel with the included patch (I gues you could just patch the kernel, but why not just recompile).

[Nalle]

I am running Slacware 8 (åtta) out of the box with ReiserFS. No patching of the kernel, but that might well have been because I booted from the 2.4.5 Floppy and installed kernel 2.4.5 too.

I had a odd problem though. fschk didn't work aftewards, as well shouldn't it (since that only work for ext2fs). That left me in single user mode when tying to boot.To solve that I rewrote the line in /etc/rc.d/rc.S calling it,to /sbin/fsck.reiserfs -A -a.

That file (that exist in the distro) is nothing but a symbolic link to /bin/true, that does nothing (again) but confirming everything you put into it.

Now to work with the tools for reiserfs, just install the tools from your SlackCD.

</nalle>

[bdl]

Originally posted by Nalle:
<STRONG>I am running Slacware 8 (åtta) out of the box with ReiserFS. No patching of the kernel, but that might well have been because I booted from the 2.4.5 Floppy and installed kernel 2.4.5 too.

I had a odd problem though. fschk didn't work aftewards, as well shouldn't it (since that only work for ext2fs). That left me in single user mode when tying to boot.To solve that I rewrote the line in /etc/rc.d/rc.S calling it,to /sbin/fsck.reiserfs -A -a.

That file (that exist in the distro) is nothing but a symbolic link to /bin/true, that does nothing (again) but confirming everything you put into it.

Now to work with the tools for reiserfs, just install the tools from your SlackCD.

&lt;/nalle&gt;</STRONG>

When Slack 8 was released, I did install with 2.4.5 and reiserfs 'out of the box' so to speak with no problems. I did not have a problem with fsck, however; I might recommend you check your /etc/fstab to see how Slack has your reiserfs partition setup with regards to 'dump' and 'fsck'. I should mention that for compatibilities sake, I did create a small ext2 /boot partition, and had reiserfs on '/' only. enjoy!

[ronmon]

I'm using all reiserfs partitions on both my desktop and laptop running Slack 8.0. There's no need for an ext2 /boot partition even with Lilo. Use the 2.4.5 kernel to install and the option will be available.

[Saptech]

What is the purpose and reason for having the ReiserFS? I've seen peeps mentioning it!
:rolleyes:

[ombra]

Thanks to everyone for the replies.
Last night I installed with Reiser support using the 2.4.5 boot disk. Sweet!
I am still going to recompile the kernel to add support for my zip drive and also to take out all the crap I don't need.

Thanks again.

PS. One more question.
If I try to boot from the hd, LILO just hangs. All I see is 'LI'. Any ideas? I setup lilo to use the MBR and super block but no success.