On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 07:33:22PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > >>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes: > > Ethan> LILO is not compatible with reiserfs, either make /boot > Ethan> ext2 again or use GNU grub instead. > > I assume grub is compatible with reiserfs? the docs alege it to be... there is a stage1.5 for reiserfs too... > I am a bit confused - why is lilo incompatible with reiserfs? I thought > all lilo did was mark a list of blocks where the kernel resides, > and that this should work regardless of file system... reiserfs does something strange in the way files are stored that confuses lilo, someone else posted that mounting the filesystem -o notail or something like that would allow lilo to work properly. i don't know that much about reiserfs but what i have read indicates you should not use it for / or /boot. (lilo being one of the reasons) > ...assuming you remembered to reinstall lilo after making modifications, > of course. i think so.. > As for the original problem, the original poster will have to compile > a kernel for a boot disk. To do this, copy the kernel to a disk (use > the dd command), and change the boot device using rdev (procedure not > tested). that is supposed to work but i had it fail on a machine recently... annoying. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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