CentOS - Mar 2006 - convert from fedora with reiserfs to centos-4.3

I upgraded a box running fedora core 2 to Centos-4.3
The fedora core box has a reiserfs file system, which I am assuming is not 
supported in the CentOS kernel. I tried the unsupported kernel but I still 
get a kernel panic.

Can I either convert to ext3, or possibly install something that will make 
my reiserfs filesystem work ?

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Robin Mordasiewicz spake the following on 3/30/2006 12:48
PM:
> I upgraded a box running fedora core 2 to Centos-4.3
> The fedora core box has a reiserfs file system, which I am assuming is
> not supported in the CentOS kernel. I tried the unsupported kernel but I
> still get a kernel panic.
> 
> Can I either convert to ext3, or possibly install something that will
> make my reiserfs filesystem work ?
> 
You can not convert, you must backup - create - restore.. Or at least make new
mount point in ext2 and cp or rsync over.
The kernel unsupported does have reiserfs support, but you would need to make
sure it is in your initrd.

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On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Scott Silva wrote:
> Robin Mordasiewicz spake the following on 3/30/2006 12:48 PM:
>> I upgraded a box running fedora core 2 to Centos-4.3
>> The fedora core box has a reiserfs file system, which I am assuming is
>> not supported in the CentOS kernel. I tried the unsupported kernel but
I
>> still get a kernel panic.
>>
>> Can I either convert to ext3, or possibly install something that will
>> make my reiserfs filesystem work ?
>>
> You can not convert, you must backup - create - restore.. Or at least make
new
> mount point in ext2 and cp or rsync over.
> The kernel unsupported does have reiserfs support, but you would need to
make
> sure it is in your initrd.
ok I will just backup and restore.

On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 16:21 -0500, Robin Mordasiewicz
wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Scott Silva wrote:
> 
> > Robin Mordasiewicz spake the following on 3/30/2006 12:48 PM:
> >> I upgraded a box running fedora core 2 to Centos-4.3
> >> The fedora core box has a reiserfs file system, which I am
assuming is
> >> not supported in the CentOS kernel. I tried the unsupported kernel
but I
> >> still get a kernel panic.
> >>
> >> Can I either convert to ext3, or possibly install something that
will
> >> make my reiserfs filesystem work ?
> >>
> > You can not convert, you must backup - create - restore.. Or at least
make new
> > mount point in ext2 and cp or rsync over.
> > The kernel unsupported does have reiserfs support, but you would need
to make
> > sure it is in your initrd.
> 
> ok I will just backup and restore.
Also consider that if you use ext3 for your root filesystem, you won''t
need to tinker with your initrd.  You can then use reiserfs
on /home, /opt, or  /var/spool/news without problems.