From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicholas DeClario Subject: .reiserfs_priv directory removal Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 11:55:23 -0400 Message-ID: <5b85fc6705051008555bce937@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Nicholas DeClario Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com This is probably an odd question. I am running a 2.6.5 kernel using reiserfs version 3.6.13. I have two reiserfs filesystems. I need to mount these filesystems under a 2.4.22 kernel with reiserfs version 3.6.2. Then another system mounts them in 2.6.5 and then they are brought back to the original 2.4.22. The reiserfs filesystems were originally created under 2.4.22 using the 3.6.2 tools. When mounted under the original 2.4.22 system a directory appears in the root of the filesystem '.reiserfs_priv'. From doing some research I understand that this directory is for storing xarg and acl information for the partition. My problem is it appears that reiserfs 3.6.2 under kernel 2.4.22 does not require this hidden directory structure. What I would like to be able to do is delete this entire structure while still booted in my 2.6.5 based system so that when the filesystems are later mounted in 2.4.22 the directory structure no longer exists. I won't need to use those filesystems anymore under 2.6.5 after deleting those directories. Pretty much I want to delete them and then unmount the partitions. I can't seem to find a way to do this using user space tools. I tried different mount options as well with no success. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Nick