On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 13:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If you are going to use an XFS root, you need a /boot which is not XFS.
> This has something to do with the compatablity SGI wants to keep with the
> on-disk format used by Irix XFS, which is incompatible with what LILO
> wants to put there on any partition containing a kernel you want to boot.
That is not the problem. I just tried it with reiser, and I got the
same error... "filesystem would be destroyed by LILO boot sector
/dev/hda".
This is very odd. What does it mean?
> I was under the impression drakx warned you about this.
Not only does it not warn you, once you select MBR, you can't change it
without deleting everything. This is retarded.
> BTW, on servers, I typically install with a small root ext3 filesystem,
> /usr and /tmp ext3, /var and data partitions on LVM, usually XFS. This
> avoids the root on LVM issues, but still gets you the majority of the LVM
> benefit (resizing partitions which can vary greatly in required capacity).
This is not for a server, it's for a portable recording studio. I'm
very excited about it. The case even has a handle! I need a
journalized, but fast filesystem for both root and home partitions.
Ext3 is very slow for audio/video work, and when you're using a Quattro,
you get lots of hangups, so ext2 is not an option.
I guess I'll pour another hour into the problem and try it with ext3,
just to make sure it's not a problem with my hard drive or the way I'm
defining the partitions.
Austin
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Austin Acton
Synthetic Organic Chemist, Teaching Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto
MandrakeLinux Volunteer Developer, homepage: www.groundstate.ca
