Re: RedHat 7.3 released: installer for XFS 1.1 available?

[Michael Best <mbest@emergence.com>]

Some comments were made regarding integrating XFS 1.1 into 
7.3/Skipjack/Valhalla

The basic steps appear to be:

1) Update the kernel on the boot image to be an XFS kernel
2) Update the packages on the discs to be XFS kernels and add xfsprogs and acls
3) Update the package lists for the installer

The kernel appears to be the hardest one if you want the kernel to have the 
same features as the Redhat kernel.

I'm hoping that the whole process is simple enough that major modification 
will not be required.  The version of anaconda that ships with 7.3 does 
know about XFS filesystems (according to messages I read on this list). 
It's just that the installer doesn't use an XFS capable kernel (as far as I 
know).

The skipjack beta contained a Reiser-fs option that was unofficial 
something like running "linux reiserfs" at the boot prompt.  So maybe just 
adding something like that will be the way to go.  Redhat 7.3 now also 
supports an alternatives system too.

Once ISO images including the updated kernel and packages are made, it's 
likely that XDelta will be used to distribute a patch for the official ISOs.

XDelta is a binary/arbitrary patch/diff utility that ships with Redhat 7.3

-Mike

werner maes wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It seems that today RedHat released a new version of its operating 
> system: version 7.3 codename Valhalla.
> I know this question has been asked many times, but will there be an ISO 
> installer for this new, official version?
> 
> If not, how can you make RedHat 7.3 XFS enabled?
> 
> Werner