Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-04 Thread w9ya
> On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 13:59 -0800, eliott wrote: >> This thread is stupid. >> If you want ext2 compiled into the kernel by default.. for goodness >> sake, do it yourself. It would be what.. a two line change in the ABS >> pkgbuild for the kernel? >> >> The original poster said he had a thin clie

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-04 Thread w9ya
>> don't be so aggressive... I just asked friendly to add ext2 to the >> standard kernel, because that is the only change I need to do, to run >> my systems. > > > My apologies. > I reread my post and it does appear a bit cranky. > Not sure about 'agressive', but it was definitely 'grumpy'. Um,.

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-02 Thread eliott
> don't be so aggressive... I just asked friendly to add ext2 to the > standard kernel, because that is the only change I need to do, to run my > systems. My apologies. I reread my post and it does appear a bit cranky. Not sure about 'agressive', but it was definitely 'grumpy'.

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-02 Thread Peter Feuerer
On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 13:59 -0800, eliott wrote: > This thread is stupid. > If you want ext2 compiled into the kernel by default.. for goodness > sake, do it yourself. It would be what.. a two line change in the ABS > pkgbuild for the kernel? > > The original poster said he had a thin client farm

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-02 Thread eliott
This thread is stupid. If you want ext2 compiled into the kernel by default.. for goodness sake, do it yourself. It would be what.. a two line change in the ABS pkgbuild for the kernel? The original poster said he had a thin client farm using the old initrd image, so he has likely diverged from th

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-02 Thread Marc Deop i Argemí
On Sunday 02 March 2008, Jan de Groot wrote: > External harddisks and USB sticks come preformatted with FAT32 because > NTFS isn't compatible with Mac OS X. FAT32 is the only choice for these > vendors if they want cross-compatibility. > When you install Windows on a >32GB partition, the setup does

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-02 Thread Jan de Groot
On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 14:11 +0100, Marc Deop i Argemí wrote: > On Sunday 02 March 2008, Jan de Groot wrote: > > then FAT32 wouldn't be a dead filesystem either. > > Well, in my experience almost every USB stick or newly buyed hard disk comes > formated on FAT32. I don't wanna get into why is tha

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-02 Thread Marc Deop i Argemí
On Sunday 02 March 2008, Jan de Groot wrote: > then FAT32 wouldn't be a dead filesystem either. Well, in my experience almost every USB stick or newly buyed hard disk comes formated on FAT32. I don't wanna get into why is that, but it's just the way it is. By the way, I know many people that ha

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-02 Thread Jan de Groot
On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 20:50 -0600, Dan McGee wrote: > > Your entire rest of statement was valid, but why on earth did you make > a claim like this? I have to speak up and say something here. ext2 is > nowhere near dead. I use it on my /boot partition on every Linux > install, and every filesystem

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-02 Thread Marc Deop i Argemí
On Sunday 02 March 2008, Dan McGee wrote: > >  Ext2 is a dead filesystem and has been replaced by ext3. > > Your entire rest of statement was valid, but why on earth did you make > a claim like this? I have to speak up and say something here. ext2 is > nowhere near dead. I use it on my /boot partit

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-01 Thread Dan McGee
On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Jan de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 22:42 +0100, Peter Feuerer wrote: > > Anyway, my question was not about finding a way to replace the initrd. > > I > > asked if it would be possible to add ext2 into the standard kernel's > > config

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-01 Thread Peter Feuerer
On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 02:51 +0100, Jan de Groot wrote: > On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 22:42 +0100, Peter Feuerer wrote: > > Anyway, my question was not about finding a way to replace the initrd. > > I > > asked if it would be possible to add ext2 into the standard kernel's > > config of archlinux again.

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-01 Thread Jan de Groot
On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 22:42 +0100, Peter Feuerer wrote: > Anyway, my question was not about finding a way to replace the initrd. > I > asked if it would be possible to add ext2 into the standard kernel's > config of archlinux again. Through many ppl use ext2 anyway, e.g. for > their /boot partition

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-01 Thread Peter Feuerer
On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 17:13 -0500, Loui wrote: > On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Peter Feuerer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > just wanted to ask, why ext2 isn't built directly into the kernel > > anymore? > Was this just from the last kernel update? My /boot partition is ext2 > so will I be a

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-01 Thread Loui
On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Peter Feuerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > just wanted to ask, why ext2 isn't built directly into the kernel > anymore? Was this just from the last kernel update? My /boot partition is ext2 so will I be able to boot now? (I haven't tried rebooting yet)

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-01 Thread Peter Feuerer
On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 20:27 +0100, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Peter Feuerer schrieb: > > I don't use the arch initcpio generated initramfs. I create a standalone > > "old" initrd containing the complete root filesystem of the arch > > installation myself. And due to the fact that the initrd is using e

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-01 Thread Thomas Bächler
Peter Feuerer schrieb: I don't use the arch initcpio generated initramfs. I create a standalone "old" initrd containing the complete root filesystem of the arch installation myself. And due to the fact that the initrd is using ext2 as filesystem the kernel can't read it unless i compile ext2 in.

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-01 Thread Peter Feuerer
On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 20:28 +0200, Roman Kyrylych wrote: > 2008/3/1, Peter Feuerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi list, > > > > just wanted to ask, why ext2 isn't built directly into the kernel > > anymore? Is there any special reason? > > I would prefer to have ext2 built in again, because I'm de

Re: [arch-general] Kernel ext2 driver

2008-03-01 Thread Roman Kyrylych
2008/3/1, Peter Feuerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi list, > > just wanted to ask, why ext2 isn't built directly into the kernel > anymore? Is there any special reason? > I would prefer to have ext2 built in again, because I'm dealing a lot > with special configurations of archlinux, like thinclie