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lostinamerica

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Registered: 2009-05-19

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Aufs2, Squashfs, Lzma

I'm still relatively new to Arch, but I really like it.  Installing GNOME on Arch is easier than Slack by a mile.   And I'm very impressed with how well-documented Arch is.  The wiki is second to none in my opinion.  Thus, it'll be somewhat embarrassing if the answer to my question is there and I missed it.

Is there a relatively down-and-dirty way to get a kernel with all of the above installed?  My fantasy is to simply issue a pacman command, and voila! up-to-date kernel with all three features.  But I doubt that's possible.  Short of having it that easy, what do you more veteran Arch users recommend?  What's the shortest, least error-prone path to a recent kernel with Aufs2, LZMA and SquashFS?  Thanks in advance.

godane

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From: NH, USA

Registered: 2008-02-03

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Re: Aufs2, Squashfs, Lzma

I have sqlzma package here below:
http://arch-live.isawsome.net/testing/

This will overwrite the squashfs.ko file in kernel26 package. But it will allow you to use the older 3.4 squashfs+lzma modules without any problems.

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lostinamerica

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Registered: 2009-05-19

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Re: Aufs2, Squashfs, Lzma

Thanks, godane.  I wondered if I would be reading a reply from you, and I was right. 

Would you happen to have a script that installs your patch and 3.4 squashfs+lzma?  As in, a script that installs  your patch, grabs the squashfs+lzma packages with wget, and installs them?  That'd be very cool.

Last edited by lostinamerica (2009-05-19 19:28:46)

lostinamerica

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Registered: 2009-05-19

Posts: 7

Re: Aufs2, Squashfs, Lzma

Hmm.   Okay, so there's no script.  How about some step-by-step instructions (as are found throughout the Arch Wiki) for updating the kernel with squashfs+lzma and aufs2?  Would anyone be able to provide that?