From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicholas DeClario Subject: Re: .reiserfs_priv directory removal Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 13:59:08 -0400 Message-ID: <5b85fc67050510105926f6994b@mail.gmail.com> References: <5b85fc6705051008555bce937@mail.gmail.com> <4280DF48.9060800@suse.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 In-Reply-To: <4280DF48.9060800@suse.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Jeff Mahoney Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Removing it after rebooting in to 2.4 is definitely a posibility.=20 However, the "elegant" solution in the scenario here is to do it before hand. I was wondering if it was possible. I guess the most logical route to go would be to have a run-once script that deletes these directories when 2.4 boots. Thanks for you help Jeff. Regards, Nick On 5/10/05, Jeff Mahoney wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >=20 > The only way to remove this directory under a 2.6 kernel is to rebuild > the kernel without extended attributes enabled. The .reiserfs_priv > directory is special and hidden. The problem you're running into is > similar to mounting an ext3 filesystem as ext2 using a kernel from > before ext3 was written. It doesn't know how to use it, and so it just > doesn't hide the directory. >=20 > The 2.6 kernels, when it's possible that the directory will be used (ie: > xattrs enabled, read-write), creates the directory if it doesn't exist. > So, as soon as you mount the filesystem on another 2.6 system, the > directory will be recreated unless you've disabled xattrs at compile time= . >=20 > What's the problem with simply removing the directory once you've > mounted the filesystem under your 2.4 kernel? >=20 > - -Jeff >=20 > - -- > Jeff Mahoney > SuSE Labs > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) >=20 > iD8DBQFCgN9ILPWxlyuTD7IRAuT+AJ4vi8Q8Z+bx80A4AXoBpo5wa7zzjQCbBYb2 > jVZbGVsMgcZmcwvZ/WVWcVY=3D > =3DDfF3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >