From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 22 10:46:11 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2978116A41B; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:46:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) Received: from darklight.org.ru (ipv6.darklight.org.ru [IPv6:2001:470:1f07:84::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED01813C442; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:46:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) Received: from darklight.org.ru (yuri@darklight.org.ru [IPv6:::1]) by darklight.org.ru (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lBMAk3vZ029133; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:46:03 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) Received: (from yuri@localhost) by darklight.org.ru (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id lBMAk2sK029132; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:46:02 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: darklight.org.ru: yuri set sender to yuri.pankov@gmail.com using -f Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:46:02 +0300 From: Yuri Pankov To: Gabor Kovesdan Message-ID: <20071222104602.GA37228@darklight.org.ru> References: <476CE1E1.90800@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <476CE1E1.90800@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: How to install with journaled /? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:46:11 -0000 On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 11:07:29AM +0100, Gabor Kovesdan wrote: > Hello, > > my problem is that I cannot really turn on gjournal for existing > filesystems, just only if the journal is placed onto another partition. So, > how can I make a journaled root filesystem? I have to do the partitioning > manually, since sysinstall does not support that. But how can I do that > easily? The livefs CD does not work, there is no gjournal utility there. > I'd give FreeSBIE or Frenzy a try, but their existing releases are based on > 6.2, not 7.0, thus no gjournal there. Do you have any ideas? How did you > solve such a problem? > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Gabor Kovesdan > FreeBSD Volunteer > > EMAIL: gabor@FreeBSD.org .:|:. gabor@kovesdan.org > WEB: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gabor .:|:. http://kovesdan.org Only way that I have found - crossinstall system to another HDD, boot from it and make required changes. Sadly enough, /stand/geom isn't aware of journal class, returning `Invalid class name'. Yuri