Bug 129950

Summary:	JFS filesystem no longer available during installation
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	Roy Nicholl <Roy.Nicholl>
Component:	Installation	Assignee:	Andreas Jaeger <aj>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf>
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	gp
Version:	Alpha 2	Keywords:	Backwards_Compatibility
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i686
OS:	SuSE Linux 10.0
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Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
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Description Roy Nicholl 2005-10-21 10:40:47 UTC

In preparation to upgrade several systems (8) from SuSE v9.1 and SLES 9, to a
current release, we created a test system first with SuSE Linux 10.0 and then
with 10.1.  In both cases, the JFS filesystem was missing from the installation
process.

The systems to be upgraded (fresh OS install), and the site where they reside,
use the JFS filesystem exclusively; this was one of the factors behind selecting
SuSE   originally.

Why has JFS disappeared?  When can we expect to see it back in the installation
utility?
Is there a way we can conduct an installation of SuSE 10.x with the JFS
filesystem now?

Comment 1 Silviu Marin-Caea 2005-10-21 15:53:54 UTC

JFS is no longer in YaST since 9.3
From SUSE Linux 9.3 Release Notes.

JFS: Not Supported Anymore
Due to technical problems with JFS it is not supported anymore. The kernel file system driver is still there, but YaST will not offer partitioning with JFS.


Do not upgrade servers now to 10.0.  10.0 is not an Enterprise product.  Wait until SLES10 comes out (probably mid-2006) and upgrade then.  SLES9 is current, so don't change it, just keep it updated.

Comment 2 Roy Nicholl 2005-10-21 16:23:22 UTC

Could you elaborate on the technical problems with JFS? we have been running it on Linux and AIX systems for years.

Will SLES10 support JFS?  The ability to continue with JFS is mission critical for the site in question.

Comment 3 Andreas Jaeger 2005-10-25 06:47:20 UTC

SLES10 will not support JFS.

The technical problems we had at 9.3 time was that a JFS root-filesystem was not usable at all.  This has been fixed in the meantime but we decided to not support JFS anymore.

Comment 4 Andreas Jaeger 2005-11-24 10:21:53 UTC

JFS is not supported but we plan to add it as unsupported for the future, this is tracked elsewhere.

resolving as invalid since I don't see a better status for this.