From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Vladimir V. Saveliev" Subject: Re: ReiserFS on Linux 2.6.7 kernel Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:25:48 +0400 Message-ID: <40E2871C.9000703@namesys.com> References: <20040630061355.89760.qmail@web53310.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <20040630061355.89760.qmail@web53310.mail.yahoo.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Ashish Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Hello Ashish wrote: > Hi, > Thanks for the information. I still am not entirely > clear about the versioning and have a couple of > questions. > > 1. As you said, reiserfs is included in the 2.6.7 > kernel. Does that mean that the reiserfs bundled with > this kernel has all the latest updates and patches ? > Is there any kind of version information maintained to > this effect ? How do I know if I am in need of any > updates to the reiserfs I have in my kernel tree ? > You do not need any updates to reiserfs if you are using 2.6.7 > 2. I am aware that 3.6.17 is reiserfstools as you > mentioned. Is that the latest one available ? > Yes > Thanks in advance > Ashish > > > --- Michael Milverton wrote: > >>Hi Ashish, >> There are two reiser filesystems, a new one that is >>still being debugged and >>an older one that is in wide use. The older one is >>the one that is in the >>kernel you reffered to, the new one is not. The new >>filesystem is called >>Reiser4. This is very new and is not yet in wide >>use. >> >>As far as I know the 3.6.17 you are referring to is >>the reiserfsprogs, eg the >>tools that manage the reiserfs filesystem. These >>should come with your >>distribution. Apart from that just compile reiserfs >>into you kernel and you >>should up and running. >> >>On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:31 pm, Ashish Rathi wrote: >> >>>Hi >>> >>>I am pretty new to ReiserFS and have a very basic >>>question to ask. >>> >>>I recently upgraded to the 2.6.7 kernel available >> >>on >> >>>kernel.org. On the ReiserFS download page, I see >> >>that >> >>>ReiserFS 4 is being still listed as "experimental" >> >>for >> >>>the Linux 2.6 kernel. >>>So what version of ReiserFS does the 2.6.7 kernel >>>include ? Is it 3.6.17 ? Where do I look in order >> >>to >> >>>find this info ? >>> >>>I'll be glad if someone could help me out here. >>> >>>Thanks >>>Ashish >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>__________________________________ >>>Do you Yahoo!? >>>New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! >>>http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >> >>-- >>GNU/Linux: Secure, Stable, Free >>Michael >> > >>ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > >