From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: Reiser4 documentation Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:22:04 +0300 Message-ID: <4061290C.3030402@namesys.com> References: Reply-To: reiser@namesys.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format="flowed" To: ionita ioan , Vitaly Fertman Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com ionita ioan wrote: > Hello, > After looking at some of the benchmarks for the new Reiser4, I was=20 > very excited and decided to try it out. I followed all the steps to=20 > patch the kernel, install libaal 0.5.0 (with stand-alone and=20 > memory-manager both enabled), reiser4progs-0.5.2 (with stand-alone and=20 > symlinks both enabled), made the reiser4 partition, was able to mount=20 > it and use it, then decided to try to boot from it. I got the latest=20 > version of grub (0.94), applied the latest reiser4 patch for grub-0.94=20 > configured with --enable-reiser4, and found out that the reiser4 stage=20 > files had not been built. After a little inquiry, with my limited=20 > knowledge, found out that after the configuration, the generated=20 > config.h had undef for aal-alone and reiser4-alone library and the=20 > makefiles contained no instructions for building the reiser4 files.=20 > Both libaal-alone and libreiser4-alone exist in /usr/lib and i have=20 > issued ldconfig repeatedly. I attempted to build grub-0.93 with the=20 > reiser4 patch from the snapshots page. Again, no reiser4 stage files=20 > were created. I am frustrated with the lack of documentation=20 > concerning reiser4 bootloader support. I believe that the burden lies=20 > on the reiser4 developers at this point, and not the bootloader=20 > coders, as long as reiser4 is not released as stable. It's in the best=20 > interest of the reiser4 coders to add better documentation for this=20 > matter, as this would enable more people to test the product and maybe=20 > report bugs. > Best wishes > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page =96=20 > FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ > > > thanks for your patience. Vitaly, why was this so hard for him? Fix it. --=20 Hans