On Friday 31 May 2002 11:02 am, civileme wrote:
> Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > I've never had a problem with ReiserFS loaded as a module
> > with /boot being ReiserFS (or XFS). I see this "/boot can't be
> > Reiser", or even "/boot must be ext2" all the time. I don't know
> > where it comes from, or why these ideas persist. I can only say
> > it's never been true here with many kernels, and usin first with
> > an Intel/Intel, now with an AMD/VIA system.
> Well, Tom, tis no problem with one system on the machine, but put
> on another linux distro or even a Mandrake with a different
> filesystem in use, and multiple booting won't work, particularly
> not with an XFS /. The reason is in the initrd.img which loads
> those modules needed at boot time and what the modules support.
>
> So, in most cases it is not a problem, but back in 8.1 if you made
> /boot an XFS partition, the initrd needed to mount /boot implied a
> kernel able to support XFS, so a dual-boot with RH, for example,
> was impossible. Therefore a /boot being ext2 is a good idea for
> those wanting to multiboot multiple distros, or multi-boot Mandrake
> systems with DIFFERENT filesystems, like one JFS one XFS, one
> Reiser, etc.
Well thanks, guess i've been dodging bullets ;) Fortunately all
my XFS tries were with 8.2. ....and your explaination leads me to
suspect that's might why I had some XFS gremlins. I didn't multi
boot, but I did have another storage partition that was Reiser.
> One big / is great for those brave souls who install eveything
> every distro or who believe (ha) that the upgrade will someday
> really work as advertised. (Take a lesson from windows where
> billions were spent on upgrades and they still mostly don't work
> completely).
Well, I always install rather than upgrade. Yes I'm a brave
soul (sometimes ;), and I'd be the first not to recommend one big '/'
to anybody but a single user desktop. I do backup /home to another
partition regularly, and occaisionally to CDR.
> For me, there is
>
> /boot (Usually common to all systems)
> / (Sometimes common to more than one system)
> /home (usually common to several different systems)
> /usr (sometimes common to several Mandrakes)
> /var
> /opt (usually unique to each system)
> /usr/local (always unique to one system)
I sort'a knew I'd havt'a install over multiple partitions if (as
I was recently considerin a look at RH7.3) I were to boot more than
one Linux distro. Up till now I've just booted Mandrake and W98.
> Now another thing, and very important... DON'T use software RAID
> for your / partition or else the Update/Upgrade function absolutely
> will not work and your work installing a new system is multiplied
> manyfold. I don't know about the rest of you folks, but I reach
> for the disk with the Update program when I have a major change to
> make (like a new video card), or a major change to make in software
> profile (like adding in all the servers).
>
> Civileme
Thanks again, but I've never even considered RAID as an option.
BTW, I jumped on that
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=MLINK56K link you
recently posted. $24.50 + $9 2nd day air. Not so much 'cause I need
a new modem, but I do need to have other use of my one ISA slot. UPS
should be bringin it this afternoon, I'll post a 'review' after some
experience with it.
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