Re: ReiserFS + 2.4.4
On Tuesday 01 May 2001 19:54, Ron Bettle wrote:
> You will need the reiserFS utils, get these rom reisers site.
is there any reason why i should not use the packaged reiserFS utils in Sid?
also, is it 'safe' to use hdparm when having reiserfs partitions?
I'll be doing the following:
1) backup each dir and its subdirs with tar (tar cf /usr, tar cf /lib etc..
etc..) onto an unused vfat partition
2) rebooting the comp with a bootfloppy containing a kernel with reiserfs
support compiled in.
3) rm -rf /usr, /lib.. etc after mounting the vfat partition which also
contains a copy of /sbin and /bin untarred.
4) with fdisk remove /dev/hda5 (current / partition) and recreate it.
mkreiserfs /dev/hda5
5) mount and untar the made tarballs onto the new reiserfs partition
6) cleanup fstab
current partitioning has /home and /var on different partitions, with the
move to reiserfs i'll first put everything on one partition to keep things
simple and shortly after mkreiserfs the /var and /home partitions, and move
/var and /home to their previous partitions
not exactly efficient, but simple enough to not make any large mistakes.. (i
hope, but if something goes seriously wrong i still have everything in
tarballs on the vfat partition)
any flaws in this game plan?
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