Re: [TCLUG:18863] Mandrake 7.1

[Mike Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

David Wood wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:32:39 -0500
> > From: Thomas T. Veldhouse <veldy@veldy.net>
> > Reply-To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> > To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:18863] Mandrake 7.1
> >
> > How do you boot ReiserFS from LILO?
> >
> > SUSE claims that it is not yet bootable because LILO does not support
> > ReiserFS.
> 
> Lilo can boot from any filesystem, known or not.  Lilo uses a list of blocks
> kept in a known location, and reads from the blocks, not from the
> filesystem.  I hate to call SuSE incorrect, but LILO could potentially load
> a kernel from NTFS, provided you can get a proper list of blocks ;)
> 
> For the sake of trying, I suppose I could try putting a kernel in my
> reiserfs partition (I have a tiny ext2 partition because my BIOS is too old
> for >1024 cyl's)
> 
> -David

Except there is a problem when using ReiserFS -- it is not block-based,
at least not in the normal way.  Data from more than one file can exist
within one block.  This makes it more efficient with regard to disk
space, but it confuses programs that assume blocks are atomic (is that
the right word?)

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