>"I anticipate that sometimes I'll have to start up with a kernel without > e2compr (e.g. when upgrading or when I need to boot from an >emergency > boot floppy). For this reason I try to keep essential files (mostly in > `/sbin', `/bin', `/etc', `/lib', `/usr/lib/*.so*', `/usr/sbin', a few > things in `/usr/bin', a few other things) uncompressed." > >This implies that you can mount it from tomsrtbt and just won't have >the >compressed files available. Have you tried it? > I tried it, but with a much older kernel (an old slackware rescue disk I had around, that's about two years old). It says the filesystem is incompatible. It may be that a more recent kernel will not have this problem; I will try generic tomsrtbt on it tonight. Having looked at the FAQ some more (I was low on time and high on panic when I was finally able to check the net from work, and missed the FAQ section of the e2compr web site; thanks for pointing it out) there are apparently issues with 2.0 and earlier kernels for the variant of e2compr I'm using. I'll let you know how it works. Thanks for your help! Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED]
