From: card@masi.ibp.fr (Remy CARD) Subject: Re: ext2fs...how? Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1993 20:12:53 GMT
In article <1993Feb13.171008.24011@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca> marcf@nexus.yorku.ca (Marc G Fournier) writes:
>Hi...
>
> I just downloaded ext2 from tsx-11 but don't know what
>to do with it :(
>
> I untar'd it into /linux, where it seemed to want to go,
>except am wondering how it knows to compile it into the kernel.
>I cheated and added 'ext2' to FS_SUBDIRS and it seem to be doing
>it.
>
> Oops...maybe not...loads of errors :( (writing this while
>it compiles..or doesn't) Is there something I must do, that is not
>documented, to compile this? Did I install this incorrectly? The
>major error that I seem to be getting is:
>
>balloc.c:#:union has no member named `ext2_sb`
>
> In case it has something to do with installation, to install
>ext2fs-0.2.tar.Z was:
>
> cd /
> zcat ext2fs-0.2.tar.Z | tar xvof -
Please get the README file. The installation is explained in it !!!
Basically, you have to patch the linux kernel (using the file
0.99.4.diffs or 0.99.5.diffs depending on the version of Linux that you are
using) and then untar the ext2fs-0.2.tar.Z file.
Please, also note that this is ALPHA SOFTWARE ! Don't trust it too
much. It seems to work well according to the reports that I have received
BUT IT MAY CONTAIN BUGS, so be careful with it !
I am planning to make a beta release but, since I am very busy with
my thesis now, I have to delay it a bit.
>
> What I'm most curious about, though, is what do I set up in
>fdisk? just as a normal 83, extended fs?
Well, ext 2 fs doesn't check the partition type. You can install
it on an extended fs partition, a minix one, or whatever partition you may
want to use.
>
>Marc
Remy