On Mon, 2002-03-25 at 02:32, Ethan Benson wrote:
> that is not possible, XFS has not left room at block zero of the
> partition for as long as its existed, lilo when told you install on a
> partition always puts it within the first 512 bytes, there is zero
> chance that installing lilo will not result in the destruction of the
> XFS superblock. you must be mistaken about how you had lilo configured.
Previously i had this in /etc/lilo.conf (lilo-21.5-7)
boot = /dev/sda2
prompt
timeout = 300
default = Linux
change-rules
reset
vga=792
# XFS
image = /vmlinuz
root = /dev/sda2
label = Linux
read-only
# LFS_3.1
image = /vmlinuz-lfs
root = /dev/hde3
label = "LFS 3.1"
read-only
# Windows 2000
other = /dev/sda1
label = "Windows 2000"
table = /dev/sda
I bet if went back to XFS code from around Feb 20th i can still use this
config without lilo overwriting the superblock on sda2...but i've put
lilo on MBR and i'm happy with the way it works now :-).
> it cannot be fixed, all that can be done is for lilo to check for XFS
> magic before scribbling on partitions, and abort if it finds one.
I would like to see this change in lilo -:) for one and it would save
some boot suprises about VFS not being able to mout partitions...
Regards,
Paul
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