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From: GangGreene on 15 Jan 2010 06:57

Does Slackware 12.2 or 13.0 support unionfs or aufs out of the box?
Or do I need to build a custom kernel?

From: Eef Hartman on 15 Jan 2010 09:00
GangGreene <GangGreen(a)invalid.com> wrote:
> Does Slackware 12.2 or 13.0 support unionfs or aufs out of the box?
> Or do I need to build a custom kernel?

As far as I know the KERNEL versions slackware 12.2 (2.6.27.7) cq
13.0 (2.6.29.6) use do not support aufs nor unionfs.
I looked into the source tree of a 2.6.30.5 kernel and didn't see
files for those fs'es either.

So you probably have to find the sources FOR those file systems and
compile them yourself against de Slackware kernel, Pat always uses,
as much as possible, the standard kernel sources from www.kernel.org,
no experimental file systems or so.
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From: Douglas Mayne on 15 Jan 2010 10:08
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:57:48 -0500, GangGreene wrote:

> Does Slackware 12.2 or 13.0 support unionfs or aufs out of the box? Or
> do I need to build a custom kernel?
>
I see another response on this thread, and agree. If it is not included
in the official kernel, then it is not in the default Slackware kernel.

However, some of the same functionality of unionfs can be achieved with
device mapper, which is included in the official kernel.

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From: GangGreene on 15 Jan 2010 17:04
Eef Hartman wrote:

> GangGreene <GangGreen(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>> Does Slackware 12.2 or 13.0 support unionfs or aufs out of the box?
>> Or do I need to build a custom kernel?
>
> As far as I know the KERNEL versions slackware 12.2 (2.6.27.7) cq
> 13.0 (2.6.29.6) use do not support aufs nor unionfs.
> I looked into the source tree of a 2.6.30.5 kernel and didn't see
> files for those fs'es either.
>
> So you probably have to find the sources FOR those file systems and
> compile them yourself against de Slackware kernel, Pat always uses,
> as much as possible, the standard kernel sources from www.kernel.org,
> no experimental file systems or so.


That is what I expected,
I'll have to fetch the aufs2 source and have a go at it.

I want to enable PAE as well.

Thank you
From: Henrik Carlqvist on 16 Jan 2010 02:23
GangGreene <GangGreen(a)invalid.com> wrote:
> I want to enable PAE as well.

If you are considering a Slackware 13.0 install you would probably be
better off with the 64 bit version.

PAE gives a (small) performance penalty and still has a limit of max
RAM for a single process. Maybe that limit is 2 GB, or maybe it is 4 GB
with PAE.

regards Henrik
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