reiser fs

paul62 · 04-10-2004, 04:12 PM

Could anyone tell me how to mount the reiser fs file system in slackware 9.1 with the installation disk from root, I want to run pkgtool? I would really appreciate this. I have the system insalled on hda1, and I have a swap partition set

PenguinPwrdBox · 04-10-2004, 04:43 PM

I do not believe that a boot floppy can do that, as it lacks the modules neccesary to read reiserfs.......you may have to use the CD....

dfowensby · 04-10-2004, 08:51 PM

i agree. go to the slack home page and burn a boot cd, or better yet, burn the full install set.
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zdenkod · 04-27-2004, 04:12 PM

Do'nt bother to boot from Slackware installation CD. It do NOT recognize reiserfs.

I had to reiserfsck my / and Slackware 9.1 boot CD was no help!
I had to boot from Knoppix CD that had reiserfs suppport.

Zdenko

ringwraith · 04-27-2004, 04:29 PM

Paul what are you trying to do? If you boot the installation CD you can mount any linux parition that you have on your system. I do not know why you want to run pkgtool. Can you boot your slack install now?

jong357 · 04-27-2004, 04:54 PM

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If you boot the installation CD you can mount any linux parition that you have on your system

Yup... You can. I boot to a reiserfs partition all the time via the cd.... You must be doing something wrong. There is even an xfs kernel image on the disk....

slackwarefan · 04-27-2004, 08:05 PM

You should be able to mount reiserfs from a floppy as long as you compiled resierfs support into your kernel before you used makebootdisk.

-Hope this helps.