100712 Mick wrote: > I must have installed at least 3 Ubuntus in the last 6 months, > all of them on reiserfs. No problem booting them. > > image=/boot/your_Ubuntu_image > label=Ubuntu > append="ramdisk_size=2900000" > vga=normal > initrd=/boot/your_ubuntu_initrd.gz > read-only > root=/dev/sda8 > > I don't use LILO so check the above to make sure there are no errors > and adjust it to your circumstances.
Thanks, that solved the problem, given that I had identified it as arising from Ubuntu not recognising ReiserFS. I added the 'initrd=...' line & booted into Ubuntu successfully; Gentoo doesn't require that line, perhaps because I use no kernel modules. BTW the Ubuntu ramdisk needs 7,9 MB & Lilo issues a warning (I didn't use your 'append/vga' lines). >From my bit of experience so far, Ubuntu does look good for a beginner. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca