From: Francesco Talamona <ti.liame@email.it>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Lilo & ReiserFS on 64 bits
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 19:01:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200710021901.42735.ti.liame@email.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071002151319.GD4657@sympatico.ca>
On Tuesday 02 October 2007, Philip Webb wrote:
> I've just done a diff on the 'x86' & 'amd64' versions of the
> Handbook. The latter warns against using ReiserFS or Lilo on a 64-bit
> system, both of which are my longstanding preferences.
> I plan to install the 64-bit version of Gentoo on my new box.
> Does anyone have experience or advice to offer in this area ?
>
> (Thanks to those who commented re quad-cores: I plan to get a Core 2
> Duo)
>
I never liked grub, so I kept LILO when I switched to 64 bit. It works
like a charm.
I also used ReiserFS with mild satisfaction.
IIRC you have to use special mount option to use ReiserFS for /boot
partition.
Ciao
Francesco
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-02 15:13 [gentoo-user] Lilo & ReiserFS on 64 bits Philip Webb
2007-10-02 15:27 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-10-02 17:01 ` Francesco Talamona [this message]
2007-10-02 18:37 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Walker
2007-10-02 18:54 ` Alan McKinnon
2007-10-03 1:10 ` Hex Star
2007-10-03 2:23 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2007-10-03 2:50 ` Albert Hopkins
2007-10-03 8:26 ` Florian Philipp
2007-10-03 17:36 ` Dan Farrell
2007-10-03 7:46 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-10-03 2:50 ` Philip Webb
2007-10-03 7:45 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-10-03 17:42 ` Dan Farrell
2007-10-04 14:16 ` Hans-Werner Hilse
2007-10-03 5:28 ` Francesco Talamona
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