On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Max Clark wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 01:45:09PM -0400, Net Llama! wrote:
> > > Are there any published instructions for installing xfs on a RedHat 7.3
> > > system? I would like to end up with as close as possible to the stock
> > > RedHat kernel.
> > Insert the XFS CD into your box, boot
> > off of it, install RH-7.3. Done.
>
> Sorry, I should have been more specific. I have an existing RedHat 7.3 system
> with 2 internal SCSI drives mirrored running extfs. I have internal 3ware
> cards with about 1.5TB of formatted capacity currently formated with
> ReiserFS. I want to convert the 3ware mount to xfs. I normally would download
> and install my own kernel, but considering that I want to keep this one as
> RedHatish as possible, what are the steps that I need to do for this?
You can't non-destructively convert any other filesystem to XFS. So
you're going to have to backup all your data before doing anything.
Beyond that, all you need to do is build an XFS enabled kernel, install
xfsprogs, partition & format xfs partition(s), and then put your data back
on.
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