Ken Moffat babbled on about: > Ok, that's clear, but what about root partitions. Can they be converted > from another distro? Or is that necessary? If I log in to redhat on hda6 > and convert a few from there, then log in to libranet or something on say > hda9 can I convert the redhat partition? Or am I just making this too > difficult?
you can convert the root by using a kernel boot parameter, or by using a bootdisk. I think you're over-complicating it a litte (like I often do) > > What about older kernels? Will they just mount these ext3 partitions as > ext2? yes. they will see the on-disk structure as ext2, IIRC > > And how does this relate to ReiserFS? it doesn't. two different approaches to two different ideas (reiser is about more than journaling). and if you choose to go reiser, everything you have must support it., > > (i'm off to rtfm. :^) good idea -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://linux.nf I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
