Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Extended file attributes: ext4

[Mick]

On Sunday 08 Apr 2012 18:34:46 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 08/04/12 19:34, Mick wrote:
> > On Sunday 08 Apr 2012 16:56:23 David W Noon wrote:
> >> On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 17:26:03 +0200, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote about
> >>
> >> [gentoo-user] Extended file attributes: ext4:
> >>> is it possible to go from an ext4-filesystem with no extended file
> >>> attributes to one with extended file attributes without reformatting
> >>> the disk or other very risky low level things just by adding this
> >>> feature to the kenrel (?) ?
> >>
> >> Yes, it's simple.
> >>
> >> You need to ensure that your kernel configuration has the extended
> >> attribute support (ACL is a good idea too) and you have booted with the
> >> ext4 driver so configured.
> >>
> >> You then add the xattr option in /etc/fstab for the filesystem(s) where
> >> you want extended attribute support.  If you do that before you reboot
> >> (as above) then you will have full extended attribute support.
> >
> > I thought that you are meant to pass such options on the CLI at the time
> > you are formatting the partition ... is this incorrect?
>
> Yes, it's incorrect.

Thanks for letting me know.  :-)
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Regards,
Mick