Re: [Sheflug] ReiserFS and /boot

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Alex Hudson wrote:
> 
> On 23 Jan 2001 01:57:20 +0000, Barrie Bremner wrote:
> >  Before I start recompiling a smaller kernel, and still finding I
> don't
> > know what I'm doing, how do I get LILO to write to the MBR of
> /dev/hde?
> 
> Does lilo do devices other than hda? I seem to recall having problems.
> Might be worth trying grub - I use it, it rocks ;) The way I got lilo to
> work was to swap the drives, lilo /dev/hda, and then swap them back.
> /etc/fstab needed cuddling along, but it worked...

 OK. I built a smaller (500k instead of 900k!!) 2.4.0 kernel with
support for ReiserFS and my Promise controller.

 The drive I want as /boot (/dev/hdx1), / (/dev/hdx6) and swap
(/dev/hdx5) runs happily as /dev/hda, however, once I move the drive
across to /dev/hde (on the ATA100 controller) it gets stuck on LI at the
LILO prompt...

 I've tried to write LILO a couple of times, and it isnt having any of
it. I'm gonna try a few more things, but I think it's wierd. I've been
writing LILO to /dev/hde for about a month now without any hassles!

 Ack, well. I'll let you know how I get on. I guess the moral of this
sorry is that boot disks are good.

 Baz.

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