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Fabien Wernli <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:15:56 +0200
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Hi,

On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 10:30:30AM +0200, Jan Iven wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:07 +0200, Fabrice Charlier wrote:
[...]
> > It's possible to create XFS partitions if we use the kickstart installation 
> > method?
> 
> Not that I know of (there are some patches to anaconda to enable this,
> but I don't think we use them). We use XFS mainly on data partitions,
> not on the system disk, so it is not a major issue for us.

well in fact it is possible to use xfs in anaconda, just put it into the
kickstart file, provided you add XFS mkfs tools into the anaconda initrd.

The only flaw being you have to make sure the kernel being installed is XFS
capable.

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