FreeBSD 11 and Reiserfs

ibmercurial · 12-10-2016, 05:46 PM

kldload reiserfs . Has FreeBSD dropped support for Reiserfs ?

frankbell · 12-10-2016, 07:52 PM

Per the FreeBSD Handbook, FreeBSD has only read-only support for ReiserFS.

http://www.cz.freebsd.org/doc/handbo...ems-linux.html

ibmercurial · 12-11-2016, 03:35 PM

I guess rfstool is all that is available. Pre FreeBSD 11 I would kldload reiserfs
mount -t reiserfs -o ro /dev/adaos1 /somewhere
I installed reiserfsprogs and rfstool, both have no maintainer.
I realize reiserfs has been dead as long as mrs. reiser has,
but I still use it some times

cynwulf · 12-12-2016, 05:58 AM

I can't see that it was removed, so

Code:

# kldload reiserfs

should still work.

As stated by frankbell, the reiserfs driver only provides read only support. Likewise with ext4.

It's probably best to move away from dependence on Linux file systems and towards native file systems.

hitest · 12-12-2016, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by cynwulf

It's probably best to move away from dependence on Linux file systems and towards native file systems.

Agreed. I am curious. Why don't you want to use native file systems? I'm not being judgmental. Do Linux file systems give you an advantage on FreeBSD?

cynwulf · 12-14-2016, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by hitest

Do Linux file systems give you an advantage on FreeBSD?

There is no advantage except sharing the file system with a Linux OS (i.e. via removable storage, dual/multi-boot, etc).

c0wb0y · 12-14-2016, 12:30 PM

Quite ironically, the best way to share files between FreeBSD and Linux without resorting to any types of network shares is via NTFS/VFAT. Another interesting idea is shared ZFS, though I don't have any idea how (in)compatible it is?

ibmercurial · 12-15-2016, 05:35 AM

I usually use slackware but enjoy messing around with bsd's from time to time. I've never had an issue with reiserfs support prior to FreeBSD 11 amd64. I was curious and installed FreeBSD 10.3 and kldload reiserfs does load the module, but does not in FreeBSD 11
I appreciate FreeBSD, the hard work the developers put into it. radeon and hdmi audio support has evolved well.

hitest · 12-15-2016, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ibmercurial

I usually use slackware but enjoy messing around with bsd's from time to time.

Slackware is my primary OS. I have an OpenBSD partition on this box. Yes. The BSDs are enjoyable. FreeBSD is a wonderful OS.

cynwulf · 12-19-2016, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ibmercurial

I've never had an issue with reiserfs support prior to FreeBSD 11 amd64. I was curious and installed FreeBSD 10.3 and kldload reiserfs does load the module, but does not in FreeBSD 11

Well I got curious and searched the mailing list archives for commits relating to reiserfs:

http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-commits-...9940607224&w=2

It was removed back in May. So you can either use FreeBSD 10.x for now or find another file system.

edit: Actually there might be something in ports to allow userspace mounting?

ibmercurial · 12-19-2016, 05:01 PM

I thought as much. As others have said, when I need to share the same disk I create an NTFS partition. I installed FreeBSD
on a whim, and it was not necessary to read and write from one to the other. Just thought it was odd that I could not mount
the reiser partition. Over the last few days I've fiddled around with FreeBSD,DragonFLY? OpenBSD and trueos. FreeBSD is still
my favorite.

astrogeek · 12-19-2016, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by c0wb0y

Quite ironically, the best way to share files between FreeBSD and Linux without resorting to any types of network shares is via NTFS/VFAT. Another interesting idea is shared ZFS, though I don't have any idea how (in)compatible it is?

I am curious why you consider NTFS better than ext2/3 for sharing between FreeBSD and Linux as it does not preserve even the basic *nix attributes?

I use ext2 on multiple systems for shared partitions between FreeBSD and Slackware Linux with no issues.

cynwulf · 12-20-2016, 02:38 AM

ext2fs does not support journaling or writing to ext3/ext4 file systems. It is usable however for the purpose of sharing in dual boot.

I'm sure that NTFS has been userspace only mount for a few years however?

ibmercurial · 12-20-2016, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by cynwulf

ext2fs does not support journaling or writing to ext3/ext4 file systems. It is usable however for the purpose of sharing in dual boot.

I'm sure that NTFS has been userspace only mount for a few years however?

Indeed. That is why I prefer an NTFS partition, in a dual-boot scenario between Linux and *BSD.
I need only read/write support and maybe ability to transfer >2GB files. Lately I have been installing
various BSD's in Virtualbox, so file system is not an issue as I use samba.