On 26 Apr 2002, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 14:20, Jonathan Dill wrote:
> > Eric Sandeen wrote:
> > > Not quite sure what you're asking, are the 7.0 systems ext2-based?
> >
> > The 7.0 systems are ext2-based. I wanted to know if I could install an
> > XFS kernel and xfsprogs in Red Hat 7.0 and boot up an XFS kernel, but
> > still in Red Hat 7.0. Then I can do a lot of the prep work "behind the
> > scenes" while the systems are still running Red Hat 7.0. Then I'll just
> > have the root fs to contend with during the install.
That sould work fine although you would probably need to compile from
source. CVS will always work in this regard although it isn't really a 1.1
version.
The userspace and XFS kernel all reside in CVS so you will have all
utilities in one go.
> Ah, I see. The XFS 1.1 RPMs will probably have dependency problems on a
> 7.0 system; rebuilding the SRPMS may help, although I think there are
> also build dependencies...
You could install the kernel-source rpm and compile from there.
> So I guess my answer to the original question is "I don't know how well
> the 1.1 RPMs will work on a 7.0 system" :)
I think they should do just fine. XFree will probably break because of
DRM version dependency but I can't think of anything else right now.
Cheers
Seth
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