probably not, because without understanding the file system how is it
supposed to load the kernel ?
I think that all this was gone into in detail previously. check the
archives...
There it was mentioned tht reiserfs can't be used for the boot partition. I
think this is on the suse site also
Cheerio
Robin
Rohit wrote:
> Sthitaprajna wrote:
> > You hit the nail on the...create a 10mb /boot partition.
> > And use the compact option in lilo.conf. Man lilo.
>
> Oh thanks. But I have already solved that problem, using something
> similar plus ext2FS.
>
> Tell me this, if the kernel supports ReiserFS, as SuS# 6.3 kernel
> does, and lilo is to be installed in the MBR after the software
> installation, with the help of the same kernel which
>
> - formatted the HDD
> - is installing LILO
>
> does it require LILO to UNDERSTAND ReiserFS to install the boot-map?
> I mean, is the kernel support not sufficient?
>
> Rohit
>
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