Tim Peeler on Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:26:07 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Kernel 2.4.3 - can't choose ReiserFS?


On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 12:45:48AM -0400, Michael Leone wrote:
> I thought I'd download the latest 2.4.3 kernel today, and see what all
> the fuss is about. So I downloaded the kernel source from
> <www.kernel.org>. Then, when I do a "make xconfig", the ReiserFS option
> is grayed out, and can't be chosen.
Is CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL enabled?

> 
> Huh? I thought ReiserFS support was built-in to all 2.4.1+ kernels?
> 
> I usually use 2.2.18, with ReiserFS support. Most of my partitions are
> formatted with ReiserFS, so it's kinda important to get that support
> working, if I want to use kernel 2.4.x. :-)
> 
> So I downloaded the latest ReiserFS 2.4.3 patch (linux-2.4.3-knfsd-6.g),
> thinking that that might help, and applied it to my 2.4.3. Patch applied
> successfully, from the looks of it (no error messages).
> 
> Still no go.
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> BTW ... those are not the only filesystems that are grayed out. I can't
> seem to get ADFS, Amiga, Apple, BFS and EFS filesystem support. I assume
> that the unavailability of all these filesystems is related somehow.
> Also the new /dev is grayed out.
> 
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> You're probably doing something that's wrong ...
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