Re: Report on 3.0.11 reiserfs images and testing installation

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

#include <hallo.h>
Jeremy Avnet wrote on Thu Aug 16, 2001 um 05:17:04PM:

>         1. An earlier notice about minimum reiserfs filesystem size.

Following could help (can anyone commit?):

--- partition_config.c.orig	Fri Aug 17 12:11:20 2001
+++ partition_config.c	Fri Aug 17 12:12:01 2001
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@
 _("Note on Dvhtool installation"));
 #endif
 
+  if(is_rfs && ! bootargs.isquiet)
+     wideMessageBox(_(
+"NOTE: if you plan to create an Reiser filesystem, don't forget the additional space "
+"that its Journal will eat up.\n\nUsually you can calculate with:\n"
+"(partition size) = (expected free space on ReiserFS) + (32MB for the Journal)\n"));
+
   if ( NAME_ISEXE( "/sbin/cfdisk", &statbuf )
 #if #cpu(powerpc)
        && ( strcmp(Arch2, "PowerMac") != 0 )


>         2. A better error message about why the filesystem couldn't be
>         created.

Ask ReiserFS people to implement better error reporting in mkreiserfs.

> Problem 2 - Wrong System.map name?
> 
>     My guess is that /boot/System.map-2.2.19
>            should be /boot/System.map-2.2.19-reiserfs

I will have a look at it.

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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