Metztli Reiser4

Modified Debian minimal netboot installation ISO image suitable to be 'burned' onto ~220 MB CD|USB media with command (assuming USB device is at /dev/sdc *else* modify or you risk data loss) at Linux shell:

dd if=metztli-reiser4.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M; sync

Enables native reiser4 create/partition/format of storage media during Debian OS installation--accomplished via Internet.

Guided non-expert install defaults to 500MB /boot JFS & reiser4 non-LVM others.

Expert requires
0.5 to 1 GB minimum /boot JFS|Ext2 partition--as GRUB cannot read reiser4 root-fs.

Rescue mode now automagically loads reiser4 module, Chingon! ;-)

Proceed normally with maintenance/rescue ops on reiser4 Software Framework Release Number (SFRN) 4.0.2 storage media.

Software available AS-IS with no warranties whatsoever.

WARNING: do not use rescue/maintenance ops on media formated with Reiser4, SFRN *lesser* than 4.0.2 nor equal to/or greater than NEW unstable reiser4 SFRN 5.1.3, aka 'reiser5'

Features

Fixed SSL download issues on December 21, 2020, Birth of Huitzilopochtli anniversary!
For some older kernels, applied JFS for kernel 5.11 patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/patch/?id=9867cb1fd510187d8f828540bdb48f78fceb70b3
NEW! Zstd -compressed kernel and initramfs-tools automagically SSL -fetched and installed.
For affected kernels, enhanced with patch to prevent system lockups: https://metztli.blog/index.php/amatl/reiser-nahui/patch-reiser4-prevent-system-lockups
Will install reiser4 -enabled GNU Parted v3.5 updated for Debian 12 Bookworm
Build contains Cloud kernel: linux-image-5.17.0-3+reiser4.0.2-cloud-amd64_5.17.12-3+reiser4.0.2_amd64.deb
NEW! Now includes most non-free firmware -- thus increased image size.
I reserve right to link kernel image to newer/older version -- especially for security and bugfixes.
Installer defaults to non-transparent-compression reiser4-formatting.
Only Debian 12 Bookworm released with native reiser4 superb file system operations on your storage devices.
Current kernel to be installed linux-image-5.17.0-3+reiser4.0.2-amd64_5.17.12-3+reiser4.0.2_amd64.deb
NEW! xvi text editor available in Debian-Installer, in addition to elvis-tiny.
Official Debian has disabled ntfs-modules build in installer due (CVE-2018-12929, CVE-2018-12930, CVE-2018-12931)
Metztli-Reiser4 doubles as native data editing, recovery, and copying operations.
For non-expert installation, installer makes sure the reiser4 kernel is installed at the end.
For non-expert installation, bookworm-backports directive is added automatically.
After a successful installation, downloaded reiser4 kernel, etc., is moved to /var/log/ directory.
If your host kernel configuration was built with CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING_DEFAULT_ENABLED=n OR disabled, then VirtualBox fully supports reiser4 installation operations: < https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1914465.html >
If booting reiser4 in VirtualBox random issues occur after successful install: try increasing/decreasing slightly 2048 MB base amount of RAM.
Quirk: https://marc.info/?l=reiserfs-devel&m=150718301303531&w=2
NOTE: Before blaming my kernel build if upon Linux boot the kernel appears to hang, please turn off computer and try again. See https://marc.info/?l=reiserfs-devel&m=151869816409554&w=2
NOTE: very first boot after installation may show multiple errors. Wait for the disk checking utilities to complete and then reboot again and/or shut off your machine. Subsequent boots will be smooth.
NOTE: Apparmor has been purged as an attempt to prevent very first boot issues; user can reinstall package as: apt-get install apparmor
VirtualBox VMDK format provides the fastest experience but (YMMV)
Apologies. Sometimes I make typos.