Neat web site. He is wrong about the notail options. It works just fine. You need to mount the root partition with -notail and also change it in /etc/fstab. After you have mounted the root partition -notail, you run lilo. As long as your /etc/fstab is updated, you will boot just fine. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clay Fandre" <clay at fandre.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 6:07 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:23060] Reiserfs as root partition on RedHat > You only need the notail option if you have /boot a reiserfs partition. > (Either included in / or as a reiserfs /boot). This is because lilo has > problems with the holes in the files that reiserfs makes. Making a small > ext2 /boot allows you to not use the notail option. > http://kt.linuxcare.com/kernel-traffic/kt20000417_63.epl#10 > > Also if you're using GRUB, you don't need to do this. > > I found a cool website that explains how to install debian on a resierfs > filesystem. It even has rescue, boot and driver images available. Worked > like a charm for me. > http://www.psouth.com/~jjk/projects/reiser-debian/?972472457 > > > "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote: > > > > # mount -o notail -t reiserfs /dev/hda1 / > > # lilo > > # reboot > > > > Tom Veldhouse > > veldy at veldy.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Austad, Jay" <austad at marketwatch.com> > > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 2:38 PM > > Subject: RE: [TCLUG:23060] Reiserfs as root partition on RedHat > > > > > I tried making everything reiserfs, it didn't work. Kernel panic because > > it > > > can't read any of the partitions. It might work though if you could get > > > the initrd image with the reiserfs module in it. Haven't tried it yet. > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ben Kochie [mailto:ben at nerp.net] > > > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 1:48 PM > > > To: TCLUG List > > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:23060] Reiserfs as root partition on RedHat > > > > > > > > > hrmm.. last i checked.. you had to boot reiser / with an ext2 /boot > > > partition for the kernel, and maybe init.. (you can keep it mounted ro) > > > > > > Thank You, > > > Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net) > > > > > > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > > > | Unix/Linux Consulting | [ Haiku Error Message: ] > > > | PC/Mac Repair | [ Chaos reigns within. ] > > > | Networking | [ Reflect, repent, and reboot. ] > > > | http://nerp.net | [ Order shall return. ] > > > *-----------------------* [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ] > > > > > > "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends." > > > > > > On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Clay Fandre wrote: > > > > > > > Anyone running ReiserFS as a root partition? I created a reiser > > partition, > > > > > > > copied over my /, and when I try to boot off of it all I get is "auto: > > > auto: not > > > > found" (or something like that) when it should be loading init. > > > > > > > > There used to be a how-to install debian on resierfs on the resierfs > > > homepage, > > > > but that site is no more. Anyone know where that is? > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org