[CentOS] NFS filesystem recommendations please (and problems with XFS)

[Johnny Hughes]

Patrick - South Valley Internet wrote:
> I see it just fine.  Do I need to install the kernel from the plus repos
> as well?
> 
> Patrick
> 
> 
> 
> Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>> I do that, then when I reboot I still get the:
>>>
>>> mount: fs type xfs not supported by kernel
>>>
>>> Any ideas what's going on?
>>>
>>> Patrick
>>>
>>>
>>> P.S.
>>> The command I was using to install was:
>>>
>>> yum --enablerepo=centosplus install kernel-module-xfs
>>>
>>> Do I need to issue any other commands as well?
>>
>> The command looks ok.  Did you see it installed?  Do a :
>>
>> rpm -qa | grep kernel
>>
>> to confirm you have it.
>>

You just need to pick the kmod-xfs (or kernel-module-xfs) module for
your running kernel.

uname -a will tell you the kernel, install the kernel module that
matches that one exactly.

You do not need the plus kernel for XFS.

However, personally I would use ext3.

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