On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 00:11:27 -0800 Jose R R <jose....@metztli-it.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:19 AM, Jose R R <jose....@metztli-it.com> wrote: > > Niltze, all- > > > > I have been building iterations of Debian-Installer (d-i) enhanced > > with Reiser4 4.0.1 kernel, disk and filesystem utilities. Thus far I > > have used a local build on Debian Sid of VirtualBox 5.0.10 environment > > to test multiple Reiser4 installations. > > > > For flexibility, especially if you are testing in a VM, the following > > d-i options may help: > > > > -Network-console: continue installation remotely using SSH > > -Openssh-client-udeb: secure shell client for the Debian installer > > > > Now: > > > > d-i offers three(3) choices: > > > > Jessie (stable) > > Stretch (testing) > > Sid (unstable) > > > > I have verified that *all* can be installed from my custom Reiser4 > > d-i; Nevertheless Jessie (stable) needs access to testing and/or > > unstable repositories added at /etc/apt/sources.list in order to > > fulfill dependencies of the unstable kernel in my d-i. Jessie (stable) > > also needs to have newer Reiser4 4.0.1 packages because d-i downloads > > the older (stable) version. I have covered *all* of Jessie conditions > > by building newer unstable versions of its requirements. The downside > > of it is that a user needs to manually intervene at the shell, > > possibly at the expert level. > > Important note for Jessie: > Opening a shell in the installer environment prior to d-i menu > suggesting to install GRUB, enter: > > chroot /target > > Modify /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file by adding directives > > crc32c_intel > reiser4 > > at the end of the file and saving the modifications, > > And *prior* to installing the Reiser4 -enabled kernel make sure to > replace the older reiser4progs 1.0.9 with the newer reiser4progs > 1.1.0-1.1 -- which may be downloaded from previously posted link, > i.e.: > > http://metztli.it/readOnlyEphemeral/reiser4progs-4.0.1.tar > > These last utilites will require download access to Stretch or Sid (Unstable) > for instance adding a line: > deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian sid main non-free contrib > > in /etc/apt/sources.list and performing apt-get update > > to fulfill dependencies needed in Jessie: > > libncurses5 > libncursesw5 > libreadline5 > libtinfo5 > > The above is necessary since when the Reiser4 -enabled kernel is > installed, it will trigger initramfs-tools creation of > initrd.img-xyz-amd64 which *should* have newer reiser4progs 1.1.0-1.1 > file utilities. > > Optional: parted-reiser4_3.2-12 dependencies form Stretch and/or > Sid(Unstable): > > dmsetup > libdevmapper1.02.1 > > > > > As for Stretch and Sid, manual intervention is required only to modify > > /etc/initramfs-tools/modules file by adding at the end: > > > > crc32c_intel > > reiser4 > > > > *before* installing the custom Reiser4 kernel, thus: > > dpkg -i linux-image-4.3.0-1-amd64_4.3.3-5_amd64.deb > > > > so that initramfs can be appropriately updated *before* rebooting the > > new Reiser4 installation. > > > > Note that GRUBX does not support booting from /boot Reiser4 > > filesystem; accordingly, a small partition must be provisioned for > > booting into a Reiser4 -formatted root (/) partition. The d-i > > partman-reiser4 will format Reiser4 partitions thus: > > > > mkfs.reiser4 -yo "create=reg40" <your selected partition> > > > > Additionally, user may want to provision a /tmp in a non-Reiser4 > > partition if the intention is to run MariaDB (MySQL) because -- at the > > very least -- the DB will complain about /tmp issues if it is > > formatted in Reiser4 --personal experience ;-) > > > > With the above said and warning that this is an alpha effort *without* > > any explicit and/or implied guarantee that will be risk-free, here is > > the current yield of of Reiser4 effort: > > > > Reiser4 -enabled Debian-Installer (d-i) netboot mini.iso renamed as: > > http://metztli.it/readOnlyEphemeral//metztli_it-reiser4_d-i.iso > > > > Reiser4 -enabled kernel & modules.README_1st: > > http://metztli.it/readOnlyEphemeral/linux-image-4.3.0-1-amd64_4.3.3-5_amd64.tar > > > > Reiser4 -enabled Debian GNU Parted packages (install at the end of > > installation procedure); please note that those packages under > > reiser4-parted_3.2-12/misc are optional): > > http://metztli.it/readOnlyEphemeral/reiser4-parted_3.2-12.tar > > (after untarring above referenced, install as) > > cd reiser4-parted_3.2-12 > > dpkg -i parted_3.2-12_amd64.deb libparted2_3.2-12_amd64.deb > > > > Next resource is only needed if Jessie was installed. Package below > > will replace the older Reiser4 file utilities: > > http://metztli.it/readOnlyEphemeral/reiser4progs-4.0.1.tar > > > > Although I have created patches for most (or all ;-) of the above at > > GitHub, I realize Debian Unstable (Sid) is a fast moving development > > effort and within a couple of weeks the kernel referenced above will > > be outdated and d-i will refuse to install. > > > > With the previous statement said, and if anyone is willing, try the > > above Debian-Installer (d-i) resources while the kernel is fresh... > > > > Feedback and/or suggestions welcome. > > > > > > Best Professional Regards > > > > > > P.S I am already preparing some images for Google Compute Engine (GCE) > > < https://cloud.google.com/compute/ > to add to currently testing > > Reiser4 images created last year. > > This is somewhat off-topic, but why was ReiserFS support removed from d-i? I am a big fan of Reiser3 personally, but I use XFS now.
