From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN, DMARC_MISSING,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mta03bw.bigpond.com (mta03bw.bigpond.com [139.134.6.86]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76281AC603 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:04:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from linuxbox.internal.lan ([144.135.24.78]) by mta03bw.bigpond.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 mta03bw Feb 26 2002 03:44:21) with SMTP id GV0XR000.ACE for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:04:12 +1000 Received: from CPE-61-9-136-169.vic.bigpond.net.au ([61.9.136.169]) by bwmam04.mailsvc.email.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.0l 29/511243); 24 Apr 2002 00:04:12 Received: from gentoo.internal.lan (windowsbox.internal.lan [192.168.1.100]) by linuxbox.internal.lan (Postfix) with SMTP id 02B441A46C for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:04:10 +1000 From: Troy Dack To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 00:03:47 +1000 References: <3CC5C1F3@dog.com> User-Agent: KNode/0.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Message-Id: <20020423140411.02B441A46C@linuxbox.internal.lan> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: ReiserFS and the 2.4.16 kernel Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 9461197f-4b59-425b-a794-090afc25bdc2 X-Archives-Hash: f5ab024d0de4f2e4f78af8204e1ad6a0 Sanity in Anarchy wrote: > The ReiserFS website says that the 2.4.16 and below kernels had problems > that were outside of ReiserFS but affected it, and that might be what > caused the > corruption. I look at the sources area of the ftp site, and I find that > there > are two patches in there for the 2.4.16 kernel. I like ReiserFS enough to > install on ext2, compile a new kernel, and then move the whole thing (all > 5 > partitions of it) over to ReiserFS. But most users will not want to do > this, and so I suggest you use the latest kernel in your next release -- > or even add > a new build for the current release with the latest one. ReiserFS says it > needs at least 2.4.18. > > Thanks for your help. > I'm using it on Gentoo-2.4.19 with no problems at all. This machine is not treated nicely at all, resets, power down with the "big switch" etc ... Troy. -- Women complain about sex more than men. Their gripes fall into two categories: (1) Not enough and (2) Too much. -- Ann Landers