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Updated: reiser4-on-2.6

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  • trunk/reiser4-on-2.6.txt

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    1 AUTHOR: Wee Teck <stelgn at gmail.com> 
     1AUTHOR: Wee Teck <weeteck at en.com.sg> 
    22 
    3 DATE: 2005-08-06 
     3DATE: 2005-10-25 
    44 
    55LICENSE: GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.2 
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    1414ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiser4progs/ 
    1515 
     16 
    1617PREREQUISITES: 
    17 Uuid must be installed (Included in e2fsprogs) 
     18Uuid must be installed (Included in e2fsprogs or e2fsprogs-libs) 
    1819libaal 
    1920 
    2021HINT: 
    21 -> Refer to LFS if you haven't had e2fsprogs installed 
     22-> Refer to LFS if you haven't had e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-libs installed 
    2223    (You need Uuid that comes with it) 
    2324     
    2425-> Installing Libaal 
    25         Get the latest libaal from reiser4progs folder 
     26        Get the latest libaal from reiser4progs folder (libaal-1.0.5.tar.gz) 
    2627        Build process: 
    2728         
    28         tar zxf libaal-1.x.x.tar.gz 
    29         cd libaal-* 
     29        tar zxf libaal-1.0.5.tar.gz 
     30        cd libaal-1.0.5 
    3031        ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install 
    3132         
    3233-> Installing Reiser4progs 
    33         Get the latest reiser4progs 
     34        Get the latest reiser4progs (reiser4progs-1.0.5.tar.gz) 
    3435        Bulid process: 
    3536         
    36         tar zxf reiser4progs-1.x.x.tar.gz 
    37         cd reiser4progs-* 
     37        tar zxf reiser4progs-1.0.5.tar.gz 
     38        cd reiser4progs-1.0.5 
    3839        ./configure --prefix=/usr --sbindir=/sbin  && 
    3940        make && 
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    4142         
    4243-> Patching 2.6 Kernel 
    43         **Assuming you have the latest kernel source** 
    44         cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.x 
    45         Get the latest reiser4 patch 
    46         gunzip -c reiser4-for-2.6* | patch -p1 
     44        **Assuming you are running the stable 2.6.16 tree** 
     45         
     46        Latest patch as of writing is reiser4-for-2.6.16-5.patch.gz 
     47         
     48        cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.x 
     49        gunzip -c reiser4-for-2.6.16-5.patch.gz | patch -p1 
    4750         
    4851        Configure the kernel config with the following addtional features: 
    4952            [Enable] Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers 
    5053            [Enable] Deflate compression algorithm 
    51             [Disable] Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb 
    5254            [Enable] Reiser4 
    5355             
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    7577A: Ensure the 3 options are correctly set. 
    7678 
     79Q: Can I boot from a Reiser4 partition? 
     80A: Sure! Lilo will boot perfectly. For GRUB fans, there is a seperate patch for  
     81   GRUB which is required. 
    7782 
    7883ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: 
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    8186 
    8287CHANGELOG: 
     88[2006-10-25] 
     89  * Last update as Reiser4 seems no longer maintained and is never considered 
     90    inclusion into Kernel. 
     91  * More FAQs 
     92  * Reiser4 now able to build on 4Kb Stack, thus remove the need for a 
     93    8Kb kernel stack. 
     94  * Updated Contact Info 
    8395[2005-08-06] 
    8496  * Initial hint.