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Aletheuo

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Registered: 2004-03-26

Posts: 59

Choosing Reiserfs as filesystem

I've been reading alot about Arch linux lately and can't wait to try it out, however I have a question before I start. 
How do I choose Reiserfs as my filesystem during the auto-partition phase of the install, or do I need to manually partition and setup the filesystem?

I know that redhat, fedora and others at the boot: prompt you just type linux reiserfs but I haven't tried it yet with Arch linux.

Thanks!

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im_ka

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Registered: 2004-03-07

Posts: 118

Re: Choosing Reiserfs as filesystem

i think you need to do it manually. i'm not sure, haven't done it automatically.

imho reiser is the best choice.

normnmiles

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From: /US/IL

Registered: 2004-03-20

Posts: 64

Re: Choosing Reiserfs as filesystem

Reiserfs is listed as a choice for filesystem types when you select prepare hard drives in the /arch/setup script.  First you select a mount point then you should be prompted for the filesystem type.

galen

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From: Canada

Registered: 2003-07-02

Posts: 135

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Re: Choosing Reiserfs as filesystem

I've had two file system meltdowns with Reiserfs
one on kernel 2.4.9
the other on 2.4.20
but a sucker for punishment I still use it as long as I have another distro that can file check reiserfs when it chokes on bootup

had ext3 meltdown as well, but was able to partially recover it to ext2

if I toy around with temporary distros on a hard drive I choose ext2 because good old Partition Magic can resize ext2.

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