Experimental Reiser4-enabled Ubuntu kernels ready for testing

Experimental Reiser4-enabled Ubuntu kernels ready for testing

[Maciej Sołtysiak]

Hello,

as I said, I'd be doing this, so...

ftp://ubuntu.ae.poznan.pl/

There is a readme.txt file that says:
== Description ==
This directory contains Ubuntu Linux kernel image packages with support
for Reiser4 (http://wiki.namesys.com)

== Usage ==
1. download a desired kernel image
2. install the kernel:

$ sudo dpkg -i <downloaded_file>

3. reboot, let the new kernel boot
4. prepare a partition (eg. fdisk /dev/sdb)
5. get reiser4progs (mkfs.reiser4, fsck.reiser4, ...) 

$ sudo apt-get install reiser4progs

6. make the filesystem:

$ mkfs.reiser4 /dev/sdb1

7. mount it:

$ mkdir /mnt/r4
$ mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/r4

8. mount should show:
$ mount | grep reiser4
/dev/sdb1 on /r4 type reiser4 (rw)

9. lsmod | grep reiser4 shoud show:
reiser4               418392  1

10. Play!

== Technical details ==
The images were built using Edgy Eft's build system on current ubuntu
GIT repository. The configurations of the kernels are the same as ubuntu
ships them + reiser4 option enabled as module.

The images come in a few flavours: 386,686,k7, server-bigiron, server.

== Disclaimer ==
This is all experimental stuff. These are my first publicly available
kernel images. Tested *only* on my virtualized machine on Edgy Eft!

Please test and report. I am open to suggestions.

One more thing... If it breaks, don't sue me, my pet hamster is an
excellent attourney.

== Contact ==
My name is Maciej So³tysiak

You can reach me at maciej(at)soltysiak(dot)com

Re: Experimental Reiser4-enabled Ubuntu kernels ready for testing

[Maciej Sołtysiak]

> There is a readme.txt file that says:
Keyboard shortcuts made me send prematurely :-|

Please note that these are my first images done with not much
of experience in the area.

The host: ubuntu.ae.poznan.pl is a virtualized machine, so
don't go crazy if it's slow or dead, just notify me :-)

Please test, I have been testing it only under one instalation
under virtual pc.

Regards,
Maciej

Re: Experimental Reiser4-enabled Ubuntu kernels ready for testing

[Sander Sweers]

On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 21:29 +0200, Maciej So³tysiak wrote:
> > There is a readme.txt file that says:
> Keyboard shortcuts made me send prematurely :-|
> 
> Please note that these are my first images done with not much
> of experience in the area.
> 
> The host: ubuntu.ae.poznan.pl is a virtualized machine, so
> don't go crazy if it's slow or dead, just notify me :-)
> 
> Please test, I have been testing it only under one instalation
> under virtual pc.
> 
> Regards,
> Maciej

Nice :)

http://wiki.namesys.com/Howto_reiser4_ububtu are the instructions from
your e-mail. http://wiki.namesys.com/installreiser4 is the general Howto
list for as many as 2 distro's, Gentoo and Ubuntu!

Greets
Sander