Re: Alpha boot CD has no jfs tools

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Don Wilburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> The install CD for alpha has a module for jfs, but no utils for such a
> filesystem.
> Could the Gentoo boot ISO builder please include them next time?
>
> Mine is from May.  I'm guessing it's still the case.
>
> I built a working jfs partition using my ext3 installation.  The jfs version
> won't even mount from a Gentoo CD boot.
> My jfs version seems really flaky trying to emerge things.  I don't think
> it's hardware.  It may not make make a bit of difference, but I'd like to
> redo it from scratch with a "factory" install cd.
>
> If a jfs-capable CD gets built, could somebody post a notice to this list?
> Thanks.

Some particular reason you want to use JFS? I don't think I've ever
used it, much less on alpha.

Probably best to file a bug to ask for jfstools to be included.