Yes I did install grub in (hd0) which is the MBR. I did try installing it
into (hd0,0) later but I have since run xfs_repair so if there were any
problems it should have fixed it.
Yes /etc/fstab does say / is xfs.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seth Mos [mailto:knuffie@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 13:58
> To: Gareth Blades; linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Kai Leibrandt
> Subject: Re: Redhat 9 - grub wont boot with XFS root fs after migration
>
>
> At 13:36 23-4-2003 +0100, Gareth Blades wrote:
> >Now when I try to boot into md0 I get a kernel panic saying it
> is unable to
> >mount the ext3 filesystem.
> >Why it is ext3?
> >
> >If I modify the grub boot parameters to specify the root
> filesystem type as
> >xfs then when it boots I get an error 'XFS: bad magic number'
> and it stops
> >loading. If I run xfs_repair on md0 then it finds no errors
>
> XFS bad magic number sounds like stepping on the XFS superblock at the
> beginning of the fs.
>
> You did install into the MBR instead of the partition right?
> You modified the /etc/fstab to read xfs for the / fs?
>
> cheers
>
> --
> Seth
> It might just be your lucky day, if you only knew.
>
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