Mick wrote:
You will need to patch your kernel (in your sdb test OS) and then you
will also need to make a reiser4 fs on your sdb partition(s) (for that
you'll need to emerge sys-fs/reiser4progs). If you want to be able to
mount reiser4 from within your sda OS, you will need of course to
patch your current kernel to start with, alternatively use a LiveCD
like sysrescue which comes already patched. For patches look in here:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/edward/reiser4/reiser4-for-2.6/
The way I do what you are trying to do is start with the existing OS
on sda, partition sdb, tar contents of sda partitions into
corresponding sdb partitions and then modify fstab. Depending on what
you want to test you may not need grub installed into sdb's MBR and
you may not need a /boot in sdb. As long as you are not going to
remove sda from the machine you should be able to add a couple of
lines in the original grub.conf to select to boot /dev/sdb, while
using sda's MBR and /boot partition. HTH.
I could have swore reiserfs4 was in the kernel. Sure enough, it ain't.
I'll wait then. I don't want to take the chance that something goes
belly up then not have a bootable way to fix things.
Now to go unmerge the other since I can't use it anyway. lol
Thanks.
Dale
:-) :-)
P. S. I got new glasses today. They have bifocals too. I can actually
read what I type. Here comes that turbo charger again. lol
