Making reiserfs work in the installer

[Samuel Flory]

Samuel Flory wrote:

>  The following are the steps to make the beta work with reiserfs.  
> This will work with a cdrom iso image or a full nfs image.
>
> 1)Create a stage 2 image with reiserfs:
> cd /severn/RedHat/base/
> cp stage2.img stage2.img.old
> mkdir m1
> mount -oloop stage2.img m1
> 1022  cp -a m1/ tree
> mkdir mymods
> rpm2cpio ../RPMS/kernel-2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl.i586.rpm |cpio -ivd
> rpm2cpio ../RPMS/kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl.i586.rpm 
> |cpio -ivd
> cd mymods/
> cp 
> ../lib/modules/2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl/unsupported/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.o 
> 2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl/i586/
> cp ../lib/modules/2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl/unsupported/fs/jfs/jfs.o 
> 2.4.21-20.1.2024.2.1.nptl/i586/
> find . -type f | cpio -H crc -o | gzip -9 > ../modules.cgz
> cd ..
> mv modules.cgz tree/modules/
> umount m2
>  rm -rf boot lib mymods
>  mkcramfs tree/ stage2.img
>  rm stage2.img.old (only if this is going to be a cdrom image 
> otherwise keep the backup image.)
>
> 1a)Create a new iso image.  (Haven't done this as I do network 
> installs, but in theroy.)
> mkisofs -T -r -o ../newrhbeta.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c 
> isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table .
>
> 2)Boot the installer with the additional reiserfs option.  Examples 
> "linux reiserfs" or "text reiserfs".
>
>
> PS- If you want I can email my modules.cgz off list.
>

BTW-  You need to be sure you install the unsupported rpm for your kernel;-)

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Sam Flory  <sflory at rackable.com>