FreeBSD on reiserfs

douglasfim · Mar 3, 2010

how to install FreeBSD on a ReiserFS partition? or zfs or in any other format?

foldingstock · Mar 3, 2010

Douglasfim, I do not believe FreeBSD supports reading from/writing to ReiserFS.

For installing to a zfs partition, please check here.

douglasfim · Mar 3, 2010

I resize my partitions very frequently, I need some format that is possible to do this, which program to resize ufs or zfs? the gparted can not do this

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/features.php

phoenix · Mar 3, 2010

With ZFS, you don't "size" filesystems. You have one giant pool of storage, that all filesystems have access to. You can set limits if you really want to. Otherwise, each filesystem can use as much of the pool as needed.

Beastie · Mar 3, 2010

As for UFS, you use growfs(8).

tangram · Mar 4, 2010

foldingstock said:
Douglasfim, I do not believe FreeBSD supports reading from/writing to ReiserFS.

Read-only access is supported for ReiserFS volumes, writing isn't.

Simply load the kernel module and mount the volume.

reiserfs(5) explains it all.

douglasfim · Mar 5, 2010

is there any way to install the "FreeBSD" on reiserfs?

tangram · Mar 5, 2010

douglasfim said:
is there any way to install the "FreeBSD" on reiserfs?

No.

Honestly install Virtualbox on your system (Linux I presume) and give FreeBSD a spin. If you definitely like, re-arrange your volumes and install it on a primary partition.