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Re: [Sheflug] Help for a Debian newby
James Mears wrote:
> I am just a bit confused by the disc partitioning.
>
> Does Debian 3.0r1 only use EXT2? I cannot see any other option for reiserFS
> etc on the partition type menu. It just says "Linux" type 82 on the list I
> think?
I think you need to use the bf2.4 boot disk (I can't remember
which CD it's in, but you can download the floppy images and boot off
them rather than from the CD). I seem to remember that you can boot
bf2.4 from the first disk. On cfdisk (the disk partitioning tool), you
can only select linux ext2 as partition type, but when you initialise
the partition, format and mount it, it will let you choose reiser and
ext3 _if_ you're using the 2.4 kernel (and memory servers, that
is...). From the docs:
`bf2.4'
This is an experimental flavor which uses a special version of
the kernel-image-2.4 package. It provides support for newer
hardware components which is absent in the other (more stable)
flavors. It supports more USB hardware, USB keyboards/mice,
modern IDE controllers, some new network cards, and Ext3 and
Reiser file systems.[...]
Hope that helps,
José
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