Re: reiser4 patch and formatting partitions

[<doiggl@velocitynet.com.au>]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:24:13 +0200, Edward Shishkin
<edward.shishkin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/31/2012 05:19 AM, doiggl@velocitynet.com.au wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Is the reiser4 patch with the [kernel 3.1 stuff by Marcin Baczyński]
>> available somewhere to try out.
>> - Can the patch be accessed from [1] when it is released.
> 
> 
> This is not yet reviewed/tested.
> 
> 
>> - Should I use the format option -o "formatting=extents" when creating
a
>> partition e.g
>> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40,formatting=extents /dev/sdaX
> 
> 
> No.
> Cryptcompress file plugin doesn't use extents. It uses
> tail packing technique, which uses the buggy balance primitive.
> 
> 
>>
>> Information from this thread [2]
>>
>> Thanks
>> Glenn
>>
>> [1]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/reiser4-for-linux-2.6/
>> [2] http://www.spinics.net/lists/reiserfs-devel/msg03216.html
>>



>> - Should I use the format option -o "formatting=extents" when creating
a
>> partition e.g
>> mkfs.reiser4 -o create=ccreg40,formatting=extents /dev/sdaX
> 
> No.
> Cryptcompress file plugin doesn't use extents. It uses
> tail packing technique, which uses the buggy balance primitive.

Hello,

Question:
Have you got an example on how to format a reiser4 partition please, what
would be safe to use ?
 
mkfs.reiser4 -o XXXXX /dev/sda
where XXXXX = ??? options

Thanks Glenn

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