migrate to reiser4 --best guide
 

ive seen lot of posts on LQ.org, and a lot of different ways to do it..but can someone please give me a tried and tested method to migrate my root partition to reiser4? ive tried using

cp -avx (except proc sys dev) , changed lilo and fstab, and failed miserably (unable to open initial console)

thanks!

you need a /dev directory on your new root partition!
are you using devfs or udev?

dont forget to crete the (empty) /proc and /sys directories.

oh i thought im supposed to create a /dev empty directory inthe new reiser4 driver?right?

Can lilo boot reiser4? Grub has to be patched.

yes it can

lilo copies your kernel image to the boot sector. it doesnt need to
acces the filesystem like grub.

if you are not using devfs or udev you need to copy the device files in
the dev directory.

(your kernel cant open an initial console beause there is no /dev/tty0 )

hmm...im using sysfs i guess...so just doing a cp -avx /dev should work right?

yo

thanks...one of the top priorities once my exams are done!