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ReiserFs

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Using ReiserFS

Basic Info

Usage

To create a reiserfs disk partition:

mkreiserfs -l dlCache1 /dev/hdb12

To create a reiserfs disk label:

reiserfstune -l dlCache1 /dev/hdb12

Help

Quick Help

mkreiserfs

$ mkreiserfs -h mkreiserfs: option requires an argument — h Usage: mkreiserfs [options] device [block-count]

Options:

-b | --block-size N              size of file-system block, in bytes
-j | --journal-device FILE       path to separate device to hold journal
-s | --journal-size N            size of the journal in blocks
-o | --journal-offset N          offset of the journal from the start of
                                 the separate device, in blocks
-t | --transaction-max-size N    maximal size of transaction, in blocks
-B | --badblocks file            store all bad blocks given in file on the fs
-h | --hash rupasov|tea|r5       hash function to use by default
-u | --uuid UUID                 store UUID in the superblock
-l | --label LABEL               store LABEL in the superblock
--format 3.5|3.6                 old 3.5 format or newer 3.6
-f | --force                     specified once, make mkreiserfs the whole
                                 disk, not block device or mounted partition;
                                 specified twice, do not ask for confirmation
-q | --quiet                     quiet work without messages, progress and
                                 questions. Useful if run in a script. For use
                                 by end users only.
-d | --debug                     print debugging information during mkreiser
-V                               print version and exit

Version 3.6.17

Working History

$ df | grep dlCache1
/dev/hdb12            74706268     32828  70878488   1% /lfs/dlCache1

% mkreiserfs -l dlCache1 /dev/hdb12

Guessing about desired format.. Kernel 2.4.25-1-386 is running.
Format 3.6 with standard journal
Count of blocks on the device: 18974752
Number of blocks consumed by mkreiserfs formatting process: 8791
Blocksize: 4096
Hash function used to sort names: "r5"
Journal Size 8193 blocks (first block 18)
Journal Max transaction length 1024
inode generation number: 0
UUID: 1ce0e8d9-ad89-436b-b35f-40f0a9265fa9
LABEL: dlCache1
ATTENTION: YOU SHOULD REBOOT AFTER FDISK!
        ALL DATA WILL BE LOST ON '/dev/hdb12'!
Continue (y/n):y
Initializing journal - 0%....20%....40%....60%....80%....100%
Syncing..ok

ReiserFS is successfully created on /dev/hdb12.

mount /dev/hdb12 /lfs/dlCache1

$ mount | grep dlCache1
/dev/hdb12 on /lfs/dlCache1 type reiserfs (rw)

$ df | grep dlCache1
/dev/hdb12            75896684     32840  75863844   1% /lfs/dlCache1