Am Freitag, 14. Januar 2005 08:43 schrieb Meli Marco:
> Hi,
> I have Red Hat Linux installed with ext3 partition and I would like to
> update to xfs where can I found relative documentation step by step and
> what patchs I need?
I don't think you need any patches.
Since 2.4.22(?) Kernel XFS is already in the standard plain vanilla
kernel.
This would be your upgrade path:
1. check, if your kernel is allready XFS-ready ?
cat /proc/filesystems Looks like this
nodev sysfs
nodev rootfs
nodev bdev
nodev proc
[...]
nodev devpts
nodev ramfs
xfs
nodev usbfs
udf
ntfs
msdos
vfat
iso9660
nodev rpc_pipefs
nodev nfs
nodev nfs4
nodev nfsd
- Try "modprobe xfs", if it's installed as module...
No, xfs is missing:
- get the current kernel matching your distribution/Kernel (2.4 or 2.6),
get it from www.kernel.org, install it.
- make cloneconfig, or make oldconfig after coping your working .config
into the source top-path.
make menuconfig ; aktivate XFS support within filesystems. Make it as
module, if you don't need XFS on the rootfs. Make it permanent if needed
as rootfs. [rootfs is my prefered choice, Great !]
- if not used as rootfs, ensure, the module is installed
- Edit in the Toplevel Makefile the /boot setting for the new kernel, if
needed.
make depend [for 2.4 series]
make all bzlilo modules_install
- wheanwhile Check your /etc/lilo.conf or /etc/grub... to get a new kernel
loadable at boot time ...
- get the xfs tools & utilities for your distribution and install them.
Boot.
Yes, xfs is listed:
get the xfs tools & utilities for your distribution and install them.
- get a free harddisk (or usb-stick) for testing
- partition the new disk
- mkfs.xfs /dev/newharddisk-part
Be happy !
Nice Weekend
Jojo
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