On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, Tilman Sauerbeck wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have converted all of my partitions to XFS expect the root partition.
> I did the following to get a XFS based root partition:
> -did a exact copy on a second hdd
> -changed the root entry in /etc/lilo.conf
> -ran lilo
> -updated /etc/fstab
>
> According to the FAQ one can use XFS on a root partition with LILO when
> LILO is installed in the MBR, which is the case here.
Can you send the lilo.conf ?
> But when I want to boot with the XFS root partition, I get a bunch of
> errors:
> the system boots, and I get a login, but many services fail etc. I can
> try to get a more specific description of the errors.
More input please.
> I am absolutely sure the copy is an exact one and I just don't know what
> I could have forgotten to consider :(
making the direcory's for holding the /tmp /var /usr mountpoints or
forgetting to make /tmp 777
> I am using Kernel 2.4.5-xfs from www.markybob.com/xfsboot. The rest of
> my XFS partitions work flawlessly.
> btw: System is Debian testing/woody, LILO is version 21.7.5-1.
Should work.
Cheers
Seth
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