On Sunday 08 Apr 2012 18:34:46 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 08/04/12 19:34, Mick wrote: > > On Sunday 08 Apr 2012 16:56:23 David W Noon wrote: > >> On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 17:26:03 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote about > >> > >> [gentoo-user] Extended file attributes: ext4: > >>> is it possible to go from an ext4-filesystem with no extended file > >>> attributes to one with extended file attributes without reformatting > >>> the disk or other very risky low level things just by adding this > >>> feature to the kenrel (?) ? > >> > >> Yes, it's simple. > >> > >> You need to ensure that your kernel configuration has the extended > >> attribute support (ACL is a good idea too) and you have booted with the > >> ext4 driver so configured. > >> > >> You then add the xattr option in /etc/fstab for the filesystem(s) where > >> you want extended attribute support. If you do that before you reboot > >> (as above) then you will have full extended attribute support. > > > > I thought that you are meant to pass such options on the CLI at the time > > you are formatting the partition ... is this incorrect? > > Yes, it's incorrect.
Thanks for letting me know. :-) -- Regards, Mick
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