Ronny Adsetts wrote: > Debian-installer-version: sarge-i386-netinst.iso daily latest on Sep 6th > > Incorrect mount options were set for the root partition which resulted in > the boot failing. Rescue boot got me single user mode where I could > umount/mount the partitions and edit fstab. The root partition entry now > reads: > > /dev/hda1 / xfs defaults 0 1 > > I think, IIRC, that I had to remove the fail mount ro part which is not > relevant for XFS root. That's fixed on images newer than your slightly old daily build. > _Other comments_ > > The warning about XFS root was a little harsh. Notwithstanding the bug > above, if grub is set to use the MBR, there will be no problems with XFS > root AFAICR. Indeed, I had no (well not many) problems with it. Grub will hang at least 75% of the time when installing if /boot is on XFS. It may not hang at all on some computers, it may hang every time on others. There's a race involved. Current daily builds of d-i dispense with the warning and just install lilo if XFS is used. > Choosing XFS for all partitions was slightly painful in that I had to go > through and edit each partition. What would be absolutely divine would be > a menu item to change the filesystem for all partitions used as the point > where you confirm the partitions. Yeah. Reassigning to partman as a wishlist item. -- see shy jo
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