Setting up REISER4

eventually grab the latest REISER4 patch

lynx -dump https://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/reiser4-for-linux-5.x/README.txt | less

# dom0
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/reiser4-for-linux-5.x/reiser4-for-5.13.patch.gz

# domU
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/reiser4-for-linux-5.x/reiser4-for-5.2.0.patch.gz

if so, also make sure you’ve installed REISER4PROGS onto your system

lynx -dump https://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/reiser4-utils/libaal/README.txt
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/reiser4-utils/libaal/libaal-1.0.7.tar.gz
tar xzf libaal-1.0.7.tar.gz
cd libaal-1.0.7/
./configure
echo $MAKEFLAGS
nice make
nice make install

lynx -dump https://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/reiser4-utils/reiser4progs/README.txt
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/reiser4-utils/reiser4progs/reiser4progs-1.2.2.tar.gz
tar xzf reiser4progs-1.2.2.tar.gz
cd reiser4progs-1.2.2/
./configure
echo $MAKEFLAGS
nice make
nice make install

UsageUsage

# ssd
mkfs.reiser4 -d --yes --force ...

fsck.reiser4 --fix --yes ...

vi /etc/fstab

# ssd and discard
/dev/xvda1 / reiser4 defaults,noatime,nodiratime,txmod=wa,discard 0 1
# onerror=remount-ro

Additional notesAdditional notes

to get the best out of REISER4, one could consider patching the kernel source as usual, and then replace the fs/reiser4/ folder from the GIT repository

git clone https://github.com/edward6/reiser4.git
#mv reiser4/ ...

ResourcesResources

Namesys things https://web.archive.org/web/20100428091402/http://chichkin_i.zelnet.ru/namesys/ https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/edward/

edward6 / reiser4 https://github.com/edward6/reiser4/

Reiser4 file system for Linux OS Files https://sourceforge.net/projects/reiser4/files/reiser4-for-linux-5.x/

Metztli Reiser4 Files https://sourceforge.net/projects/metztli-reiser4/files/

mkfs.reiser4 segfaults https://bugs.gentoo.org/72385

Re: help wanted add-node41.patch fails to apply to reiser4progs version 1.0.9 https://www.spinics.net/lists/reiserfs-devel/msg04645.html

Reiser4 discard support https://reiser4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Reiser4_discard_support

PreciseDiscard https://reiser4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/PreciseDiscard

Reiser4 https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Reiser4

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