Re: [Cooker] Re: [CHRPM] xfsprogs-1.3.7-1mdk
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Borsenkow Andrej wrote: As I remember root on xfs works just fine you just cannot install bootloader on xfs partition because it has no space for it (it starts from the very first block; normally most other file systems leave some space in the beginning). You do not need extra /boot, both lilo and grub can boot off xfs. It doesn't work just fine if you are left with nowhere to install the bootloader... -- Sincerely, David Walluck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Re: [CHRPM] xfsprogs-1.3.7-1mdk
David Walluck wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Borsenkow Andrej wrote: As I remember root on xfs works just fine you just cannot install bootloader on xfs partition because it has no space for it (it starts from the very first block; normally most other file systems leave some space in the beginning). You do not need extra /boot, both lilo and grub can boot off xfs. It doesn't work just fine if you are left with nowhere to install the bootloader... MBR
Re: [Cooker] Re: [CHRPM] xfsprogs-1.3.7-1mdk
On Sun, 2001-09-30 at 11:24, David Walluck wrote: It doesn't work just fine if you are left with nowhere to install the bootloader... You can install the bootloader on the MBR instead of installing it on the partition itself. That's the default setting, even. Haven't heard about grub having XFS support - great news :) Now if there's a nice GUI for editing ACLs... Michel
Re: [Cooker] Re: [CHRPM] xfsprogs-1.3.7-1mdk
David Walluck wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Borsenkow Andrej wrote: As I remember root on xfs works just fine you just cannot install bootloader on xfs partition because it has no space for it (it starts from the very first block; normally most other file systems leave some space in the beginning). You do not need extra /boot, both lilo and grub can boot off xfs. It doesn't work just fine if you are left with nowhere to install the bootloader... MBR? Or any other partition ...
