Re: kernel pan. no init ...?

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:57 15-2-2003 +0100, Achim Altmann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> now i gave installed new kernel with xfs--support and i have changed my 
> old ext3-filesystem to XFS
>
> my old filesystem is now on /dev/sda9 (is only the backup but bootable ) 
> and the new on the /dev/sda1-8
>
> I use lilo and i have two bootoptions
>
> 1) boot /dev/sda2 (that is / ) ==> /boot is on /dev/sda1
>
> 2) boot /devb/sda9 (in sda9 is all / and /boot and all other mountpoints)
>
> The kernel and the init-file is in both /boot-directorys the same and this 
> kernels are both supported XFS
>
> I can boot /dev/sda9 but this filesystem is ext3 but i can mount under 
> that system all XFS-devices from /dev/sda1-8
>
> If i boot /dev/sda2  then comes the following message

You can not install the bootloader in a xfs partition. Lilo or grub will 
overwrite sector 0 which is where the XFS superblock lives.

You can install the bootloader either in the mbr or on a partition which 
does not contain a XFS filesystem (like swap).

Cheers

--
Seth
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