On Friday 17 January 2003 06:31 am, Charlie wrote: > On January 16, 2003 08:28 pm, Miark wrote: > > Charlie, > > > > The installation does complain that using XFS on / may be a bad idea > > because the bootdisk image may be too big. Nevertheless, I've been using > > XFS for a long time, on all partitions, and I have not once had a problem > > making a boot disk. I remember a few others on this list reporting the > > same thing. > > > > Miark > > <snip> > > Howdy Miark; > > The complaining from the installer and mkbootdisk about the file system > being too large to fit on a floppy was the least of my worries. <g> > > I can't remember how long ago I started using the partition scheme that > I've been using but I think it was during beta testing for 8.1. It never > bothered me and didn't seem to bother whatever release I was playing with > until 9.1beta1. > > The nightmare started when I tried to install 9.1beta1 on the first half of > hdb without a boot loader until I could adjust LILO in the 9.0 install. But > I couldn't skip the boot loader install, LILO was written into the wrong > place (hda instead of hdb) no matter what I tried to make it do, and I > couldn't make a boot-disk during install or from a console after first > boot. I was also reminded that there was no XFS support by reading the > error messages scrolling by on boot, which stopped with a kernel panic. Had > to reinstall with a new /home on the same drive since the old one is XFS. I > didn't seem to be able to boot from the 9.0 boot-disk and edit either for > some reason. Wasn't an fstab problem in 9.0. I checked. > > After the startx command looped a few times I finally got to the GUI > desktop (with no sound) I couldn't figure why the machine's responses were > so slow. No unnecessary services enabled, no processes requested out of the > ordinary, but the CPU cycles were maxed, the memory was "over-cached" > (opinion) and the swap was as well. Configured K-Mail and had a hell of a > time scrolling messages with mouse (buttons or wheel) or keyboard. Default > console fonts outrageously oversized..... Lots of "glitches" in other > words. > > I've decided to reformat hda and the back half of hdb (any partition/disk > Mandrake plays on) and switch the relevant partitions from XFS to Reiser > FS, reinstall 9.0 on hda and try the beta on hdb again. If that still > causes me grief I'll just cooker hdb's install and work from there. I > really want to beta test this thing. > > I'm sure it's almost time for a new machine too. Since my old crate's > motherboard is starting to lose memory slots and other random "woopsies" > have started to show up. > > Everyone I know now has a more powerful box than mine. Even my kid's > machine makes mine look Jurassic. :-) > > It's time for this one to become a test box/file server/storage unit. > > Regards;
Actually, Charlie, the bootloader install is only semi-functional on 9.1Beta1. In particular, any adjustments you make to it will be ignored, both during install and if you use control center-->Boot Config post-install You cannot even change the boot names. Civileme
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