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Re: GRUB & Rieserfs



GRUB do *support* ReiserFS. My debian boxes have
ReiserFS root file system and I boot them with GRUB.

san

--- Joerg Johannes <liste_joerg@gmx.de> wrote:
> Chuck Stickelman wrote:
> > 
> > Howdy,
> > 
> > I've made two changes to my home system (I know...
> should have done
> >  one at a time...)
> > I've changed my boot loader from LILO to GRUB and
> I've changed my root
> > file system
> > from ext2 to reiserfs.
> > 
> > my partition table is setup as:
> > /dev/hda1    ext2            /boot
> > /dev/hda2    swap
> > /dev/hda3    reiserfs      /
> > 
> > GRUB comes up with a menu and I can boot to /boot
> if needed.
> > To boot normally I tell GRUB that:
> > root (hd0,2)
> > kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz-2.4.5 root=/dev/hda3 ro
> > 
> > I see the kernel loading, I see it mount the /
> (root) file system as a
> > reiserfs
> > (reiserfs support is in the kernel, not a module)
> > but I then get a kernel panic saying it is unable
> to find init.
> > 
> > What's up?  I've read through as many README's and
> .html files as I
> > can find.
> > The one thing I've noticed is a reference that
> says -notail is needed
> >  for some
> > programs like LILO - is GRUB "like LILO" in this
> instance?  If so, how
> > do I mount
> > / (root) with the -notail  option?  (I've tried
> editing the /etc/fstab
> > to include notail,ro
> > without any change.
> > 
> > I'd guess I'm doing something stupid or
> overlooking the obvious...
> > just need to get
> > my machine back up and running and would rather
> not have to re-create
> >  one or more
> > ext2 file systems...
> > 
> > Any and all help appreciated.
> > Chuck
> > 
> 
> Hi Chuck
> 
> The difference between lilo and grub is: lilo stores
> the raw place where
> the kernel image lies (the reason why you must run
> lilo every time you
> change your kernel) while grub has to be able to
> read the root
> partition: /boot/vmlinuz is a symlink to /vmlinuz =>
> this is the
> cracking point.
> 
> Are you sure grub can read reiserfs? I don't think
> so, so switch back to
> lilo until grub can read reiserfs and you will be
> fine for now
> 
> hth
> 
> joerg
> 
> PS.: Everybody, please correct me if I'm wrong...
> 
> -- 
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> 
> That's nothing!  If you play it forward, it'll
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> 
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