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@ 2001-12-02  4:24 shields.56
  2001-12-02  5:04 ` Daniel Robbins
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: shields.56 @ 2001-12-02  4:24 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-dev

hi,
   when i got to the kernel configuration step of the gentoo install 
guide, i couldn't for the life of me get reiserfs to appear in 
menuconfig (under "file systems" of course)... was a necessary 
step left out somewhere in the instructions?

i'll try it out with ext3 for now... it's nice to see a new distro without 
all the *bloat*... gentoo linux looks very promising... the portage 
system too :)

thanks for your time. sincerely,

matt shields


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* Re: [gentoo-dev] install guide
  2001-12-02  4:24 [gentoo-dev] install guide shields.56
@ 2001-12-02  5:04 ` Daniel Robbins
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Robbins @ 2001-12-02  5:04 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-dev

On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 11:24:42PM -0500, shields.56@osu.edu wrote:

>    when i got to the kernel configuration step of the gentoo install guide, i
>    couldn't for the life of me get reiserfs to appear in menuconfig (under
>    "file systems" of course)... was a necessary step left out somewhere in
>    the instructions?

You need to enable the "experimental features" option.  Then it will appear.

> i'll try it out with ext3 for now... it's nice to see a new distro without 
> all the *bloat*... gentoo linux looks very promising... the portage 
> system too :)

Unfortunately, the 2.4.10 kernel included with our most recent boot CD does
not play nice with ext3.  You may experience lockups or other weird problems
during "emerge system" or bootstrap.  If you want to use ext3, just use ext2
for the install and do an in-place upgrade of the filesystems after you have
a 2.4.13+ kernel up and running.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins                                  <drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President                       http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.


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