<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Linux + XFS HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ "><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="x30.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2">Linux + XFS HOWTO</H1 ><H2 CLASS="SUBTITLE" >Linux on Steroids</H2 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN5" >Russel Ingram</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" > ringram@gargoylecc.com<br> </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-05-12</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ri</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Updated sgi cvs info to match current state; made various changes/clarifications based on reader feedback</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.02</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-10-08</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ri</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added some note, blockquote and ulink tags. Corrected error in command section of "Finishing Up". Changed note about e2fsprogs-devel to refer to libuuid.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision v1.01</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-10-04</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: ri</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Corrected error in "Finishing up" section; various formatting changes</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN28"><P ></P ><P > This document describes how to build a Linux system that runs on top of the SGI XFS journaling filesystem. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="x30.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="x30.html#AEN32" >Introduction to XFS for Linux</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="x30.html#AEN35" >Foreword, Feedback, & Credits</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="x30.html#AEN43" >Copyright & Disclaimer</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="x51.html" >Preparation for XFS Installation</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="x51.html#AEN53" >Downloading the Linux 2.4.x-XFS Kernel Source</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="x51.html#AEN89" >XFS Support as Modules or Compiled Into the Kernel?</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="x106.html" >Kernel Configuration and Installation</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="x106.html#AEN108" >Configuring your kernel for XFS support</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="x106.html#AEN115" >Building the kernel and modules</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="x106.html#AEN120" >Installing the new kernel and modules</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="x106.html#AEN125" >Add a new entry to your lilo configuration and re-install lilo</A ></DT ><DT >3.5. <A HREF="x106.html#AEN133" >Build and install the XFS utilities</A ></DT ><DT >3.6. <A HREF="x106.html#AEN147" >Boot the new kernel</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="x154.html" >Filesystem Migration</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="x154.html#AEN157" >Migrating the / filesystem</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="x154.html#AEN183" >Finishing up</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x30.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >