On 20 Mar 2001, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> >>>>> "Andi" == Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >> The problem here is that every fs puts its superblock a different
> >> place. XFS has it on block 0, and reiserfs' is 64K from the
> >> beginning of the device.
>
> Andi> This means it is impossible to install lilo on a XFS partition
> Andi> (as opposed to the MBR)
>
> Yeah, well. IRIX people put it there long time ago, and keeping the
> on-disk format the same is important to us.
I have to agree here - compatibilty with IRIX is far more important,
especially considering that LILO can go on the MBR.
James Rich
james.rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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