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Re: reiserfs



On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 18:03, Rohan Nicholls wrote:
> At 27 Oct 2003 10:31:01 -0500,
> Vivek Kumar wrote:
> > 
> > Hi there,
> > 
> > I was trying to mount my removable hdd as reiserfs filesystem. It gave
> > me following error. What should I do ??
> > THE VERSION I CHECKED IS 2.2.20.
> > KINDLY HELP..
> > 
> > Vivek
> > 
> > mount -t reiserfs /dev/hdd1 /prod1
> > mount: fs type reiserfs not supported by kernel
> 

iirc reiserfs is not supported by stock 2.2 kernels and you need to
compile the kernel with a patch, you could try
kernel-image-2.2.20-reiserfs or 2.4 kernels.
I saw in the thread that you also head problems with network after
upgrade. You could try sending the output of lspci -vv and I will try to
recognize the card module.

> Looks like your kernel does not have reiserfs support compiled into
> it.  You will need to recompile your kernel, and make sure that in the
> filesystem section of the configuration you select support for
> reiserfs.  
> 
> There is a debian way to compile the kernel, which sounds very good,
> but I have never used it, I just followed the instructions in the
> HOWTO, 
> 

You need the kernel-package package, don't remember what others
(libncurses or something like that for the graphic setup).
You then do a make xconfig/menuconfig to config the kernel (It can be
hard the first few times) and then to build the kernel (debian way):
make-kpkg --revision=<pick a personal version> kernel-image
You will then get a deb one directory up which you install using
dpkg -i kernel-image-<version>.deb
Try looking in /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz after you install
the package.

> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/index.html
> 
> It tends to be rpm based, but just look for the sources you need:
> 
> apt-cache search kernel-sources |grep -i '2\.2\.20'
> might get the package name, but as I stuck working in windows at the
> moment, can't be sure.
> 
> Once you have the name of the kernel-source package you want:
> 
> aptitude install <name-of-package>
> 
> That should put it in /usr/src
> 
> And that should be all you need unless you have some patches you need
> to apply for other things, but if it is only reiserfs you want you
> should be away to the races.
> 
> Btw. I have spent a fair amount of time compiling kernels, and if you
> follow the instructions it is very straightforward.  The nice thing
> about it is that you can have a kernel configured specifically for
> your hardware needs, and nothing else, and your system will speed up
> dramatically.
> 
> Good luck, and please straighten me out on anything that is incorrect
> anyone else on the list.
> 
> rohan
-- 
Micha Feigin
michf@math.tau.ac.il



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