Brent L. Bates wrote:
>      We are currently running SL 3.0.5 with XFS for ALL file systems.  We
> started with the SL 3.0.2 CD's and upgraded to 3.0.5.  We have been running
> this way for over a year now.
>      We are now about to try installing SL 4.5 from scratch on blank drives
> and want XFS for all file systems.  I downloaded all 6 SL 4.5 ISO images and
> coverted it all to one DVD using tips from the SL Web site.  I noticed that
> XFS support RPM's were in the ISO for CD 6.  This is as far as we have gotten.
>  I was hoping that all we would have to do after booting the DVD was:
> 
> 	linux xfs
> 
> and we would be able to create XFS file systems using normal install tools.
>  Was this just wishful thinking?
> 

Yes, it was just wishfull thinking.
I don't have all the documentation right now, but I think I can sum it up in 3 
sentances.

RedHat's 2.6.x i386 kernel (32 bit) uses 4k stacks, which XFS doesn't like
Running the XFS file system, on RedHat's i386 kernel can cause data corruption, 
not always, but enough that you really don't want to rely on it.
If everything you have is x86_64 (64 bit), then you are fine.

But, we're not incorporating it into the installer.

Ooohhh ... 4 sentances ... so close.

Troy
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