From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_24_48, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NO_RELAYS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from drobbins by cvs.gentoo.org with local (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15e49J-00066o-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Mon, 03 Sep 2001 18:33:05 -0600 From: Daniel Robbins To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Comments on the new "from source" (build) CD Installation page Message-ID: <20010903183305.E20781@cvs.gentoo.org> References: <20010903182240.04ae4f16.erichey2@home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010903182240.04ae4f16.erichey2@home.com>; from erichey2@home.com on Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 06:22:40PM +0700 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon Sep 3 18:34:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 18:33:05 -0600 X-Archives-Salt: 0d3f6bc3-95cb-47fb-9ef4-a4317318fac8 X-Archives-Hash: eac083ea5037e6b286f332aa9c3d4190 On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 06:22:40PM +0700, Collins Richey wrote: > Congratulations on a fine document. I like the new style - finally a > date last updated!!! > > Having installed and worked with _rc5 and various other distros in the > past few months, I've come across one glitch in the otherwise letter > perfect installation process - the grub vs. lilo issue. > > I (and perhaps others in your audience) have a multi-boot machine. > I'm currently running from a jblinux distro while waiting for _rc6 to > jell, although I still boot from _rc5 from time to time. jblinux is > probably the only distro to offer an XFS file system. Unfortunately > the good folks at grub have never heard of XFS, so lilo is the only > way to boot from an XFS partition. You should offer lilo as an > alternative, or at least warn people that it may not be a good thing > to write grub to their mbr, if they have other bootable distros to > worry about. As long as the *boot* partition isn't XFS, all should go well. The root partition should still be able to be XFS, since it is accessed directly by the kernel. Best Regards, -- Daniel Robbins Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo Technologies, Inc.