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Re: reiser kernel support?



    "hashi" == hashi  <hashi@pooq.com> writes:

    hashi> I was informed that

    hashi> 	mount: fs type reiser not supported by kernel

    hashi> Now I presume that this means that I have failed to install
    hashi> reiser support for the kernel -- but mkreiserfs did not
    hashi> seem to have any relevand dependencies.  Just what *do* I
    hashi> have to install to get the necessary kernel support?

What kernel are you using? 

With the 2.4.18-{arch} kernels in Woody you will need to 'modprobe
reiserfs' before you can mount if your system is already running. It
is not a bad idea to add a line with 'reiserfs' in /etc/modules if you
are not booting from a reiserfs file system (the initrd image should
allow you too boot from such a file system, I've never done it though,
being partial to ext3).

The 2.2.x kernels in the Woody install series do not support
reiserfs. Go ahead and install 2.4.18 for your processor (apt-get
install kernel-image-2.4.18-{arch} should do it for you, where {arch}
is your architecture).

The bf2.4 kernel has it built in (and I suppose you are not running it
since you can't mount....).

Cheers!
Shyamal



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