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Has anyone been able to get XFS running on RHEL4?

I can get it running on RHEL5 by making the kernel module from source. I can create filesystems using mkfs.xfs from xfsprogs, and I can mount them successfully.
But, trying to do the same thing on RHEL4u3 and I can't make the module. I have installed the correct source files for my kernel, I have enabled xfs support (via make xconfig), but I can't make the xfs module. My error is:

Code:

[root@mg-rhel4]# cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.8/linux-2.6.9

[root@mg-rhel4]# grep -i XFS .config

CONFIG_XFS_FS=y

# CONFIG_XFS_RT is not set

# CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA is not set

CONFIG_XFS_SECURITY=y

CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL=y

CONFIG_VXFS_FS=m

[root@mg-rhel4]# make fs/xfs/xfs.ko

make: *** No rule to make target 'fs/xfs/xfs.ko'. Stop.

I haven't touched the Makefile in fs/xfs. It looks fine to me...

I can install the xfs kernel RPM from CentOS (kernel-module-xfs-2.6.9-34.EL-0.1.1), but that prints a big warning message on install about it being test status. I don't really want to use that...

If anyone has setup XFS on RHEL4, how did you do it?

Thanks!

Got it to work. For anyone interested:

Code:

# uname –r

NOTATE THE NUMBERS ( ie 2.6.X.X) Change X.X to whatever your kernel version is

# mkdir /usr/src/sources 

# cd /usr/src/sources

GET THE SRC RPM FROM ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/[VERSION DIRECTORY]/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.X.X-EL.src.rpm

# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.X.X-EL.src.rpm

# cd /usr/src/redhat

# rpmbuild -bp SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec 

# cp -r /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9/linux-2.6.9/fs/xfs/. /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/fs/xfs/

# cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build

# make menuconfig

ADD XFS SUPPORT

# cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build

# make SUBDIRS=fs/xfs/ modules

# cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)

# mkdir kernel/fs/xfs

# cp build/fs/xfs/xfs.ko kernel/fs/xfs/

# chmod 744 kernel/fs/xs/xfs.ko

# depmod

# modprobe xfs

I hope this can help someone!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mg2003 (Post 3207116)

Got it to work. For anyone interested:

Code:

# uname –r

NOTATE THE NUMBERS ( ie 2.6.X.X) Change X.X to whatever your kernel version is

# mkdir /usr/src/sources 

# cd /usr/src/sources

GET THE SRC RPM FROM ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/[VERSION DIRECTORY]/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.X.X-EL.src.rpm

# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.X.X-EL.src.rpm

# cd /usr/src/redhat

# rpmbuild -bp SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec 

# cp -r /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9/linux-2.6.9/fs/xfs/. /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/fs/xfs/

# cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build

# make menuconfig

ADD XFS SUPPORT

# cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build

# make SUBDIRS=fs/xfs/ modules

# cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)

# mkdir kernel/fs/xfs

# cp build/fs/xfs/xfs.ko kernel/fs/xfs/

# chmod 744 kernel/fs/xs/xfs.ko

# depmod

# modprobe xfs

I hope this can help someone!

Thanks Much. This really helped me out as I didn't need XFS or JFS for a bootable drive, so having it as modules really worked for me.

I just added duplicate lines subbing jfs for xfs to get both modules enabled in my kernal.

Thanks again,
Mark

Can't download the source for XFS

Can you please explain how to download the source,i couldn't download it at all.

I have it now,Thank you :)

Works swell here.

Little typo in " # chmod 744 kernel/fs/xs/xfs.ko "
Should be " # chmod 744 kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.ko "

Thanks for the good input m8!

Downloaded the RPM from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linu.../x86_64/SRPMS/
;)