Re: [TCLUG:23060] Reiserfs as root partition on RedHat

[Dave Erickson <gsa700@mediaone.net>]

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?
 >

The site is now back up. Use the Red Hat boot disks available from the
downloads page and read the docs. Reiser suggests keeping a small ext2
/boot partition on your drive.

I followed the instructions and have reiserfs running on my / and /home
partitions with Slackware 7.1

Good Luck!

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