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Re: XFS on Redhat 7.2

To: Mike <samba@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: XFS on Redhat 7.2
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:05:13 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Mike - 

You will need a new kernel for XFS, no way around that.

The kernels from the 1.1 XFS release in
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/Release-1.1/kernel_rpms/2.4.9-31-RH/

are the closest match to what you're running now, install that
kernel (rpm -ivh, so you keep your old kernel too) and boot it up.
(double check, ext2/ext3 might be a module, so you might need a ramdisk
for that).

You'll have XFS support, and not much else has changed.  I don't know
what changes were made from the -31 to -34 kernels, though.  If they're
importatnt to you, I don't think we have XFS merged into your
particular kernel anywhere.

-Eric

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Mike wrote:

> 
> Is there an easy (simple) way to install SGI XFS support on a redhat
> 7.2. I want to keep all OS volumes (/,/boot,/usr,/home,/var) as ext3. So
> I do not need XFS at boot time. I just want to create a /scratch
> directory as XFS on a new scsi disk. Is there a way to add XFS support
> without having to recompile the kernel or load the modules and add
> ramdisk options to lilo.conf, etc. may I need to load the modules some
> where, but I am hoping not to change lilo.conf.
> 
> My system info is:
>  Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma)
>  Kernel 2.4.9-34smp on an i686
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
>  
> Mike
> 
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