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Depends:
1) You can use the RH-7.2 image from the XFS ftp server, which gives you
the entire OS natively installed on an XFS filesystem
2) You set aside some free disk space, partition it, format it for XFS,
and then copy your pre-existing OS onto it.  I've written a SxS for that.

On Sat, 11 May 2002, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:

> How do you set up XFS when you install a distro?
>
> Collins wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 10 May 2002 18:37:28 -0700 "Net Llama!"
> > <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> >> Collins wrote:
> >> > On Thu, 09 May 2002 19:57:20 -0700 "Net Llama!"
> >> > <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>I should add, that I use XFS on every new box I build.  Its a joy
> >> >to>not have to worry about the filesystem anymore.  I've got 1 box
> >> >with>ext3, and its a constant headache.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ymmv.  I've been using ext3 for quite a while (brief excursion
> >> > into XFS, but tired of the limited kernel offerings), and I
> >> > certainly have no filesystem worries.  No headaches either.
> >>
> >> Define "limited kernel offerings"?  Every 2.4.x kernel released has
> >> had an XFS patch.
> >>
> >
> > True, but I don't always stick to the "released kernels."  gentoo
> > makes available a number of offerings that include patches (such as
> > the low latency series and other performance enhancements) which are
> > relatively stable but not available for the XFS kernel.  For example,
> > I'm at a 2.4.18+ kernel, whereas the XFS offering is still at 2.4.17.
> >
> > Picky, picky, but I prefer to play.
> >
>
>

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