Bug#251526: If XFS selected for / then fallback to Lilo
On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 12:22 -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> This feature is orthogonal to grub's first stage loader residing on
> XFS.
>
> ext2/3 leave 4KB of empty space before the filesystem actually starts.
> That makes it possible to share the partition between the boot loader
> and the filesystem. XFS, however, does not leave empty space at the
> beginning so you can't put grub/lilo on that.
Ah, ok, so that explains how I was able to have an XFS / on several
machines. I put Grub in the MBR, not the boot block of the partition.
I was not aware that XFS does not leave space for a boot loader! Good
thing it Just Worked with Grub in the MBR.
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Karl Hegbloom <hegbloom@pdx.edu>
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