Julien BLACHE wrote: [snip] > >> Disappointment : no XFS support :((((( > >> > >> The bootloader installation went fine, but, unfortunately, it doesn't > >> handle a separate /boot partition, so the machine couldn't reboot. > > > > Well, the firmware has no problem with booting from arbitrary > > partitions, so a separate /boot makes little sense, and arcboot > > doesn't support it. This should be documented better. > > d-i should either workaround the "problem" (as I did), or it shouldn't > offer to create a /boot partition that will lead to a non-booting > machine :)
Rather the latter, I think. > /boot makes sense in my case, because I intend to use XFS on this > machine, and I think arcboot doesn't handle XFS. If XFS is in a module, you still need a non-XFS /. > Moreover I plan to do > some tests on the machine, and should it crash, I'd like to keep /boot > safe, so it can still boot and recover. Well, I'd suggest a backup + netboot in that case. :-) Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]