Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:46:05 +0300 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: [reiserfs-list] Boot failure: msdos pushes in front of reiserfs |
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Andreas Dilger wrote:
>On Jan 14, 2002 14:36 +0300, Oleg Drokin wrote: > >>On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 02:16:30PM +0300, Hans Reiser wrote: >> >>>So what solution should we use, zeroing or fixing msdos to not try >>>something reiserfs can find, or both or what? >>> >>We can use both: >> destroy MSDOS superblock (if any) at mkreiserfs (or don't touch 1st >> block of the device if there is no msdos superblock). >> And link reiserfs code into the kernel earlier than msdos code. >> > >Hmm, I could have sworn I submitted patches already which did both of these >things. In general, it is perfectly safe to zero the bootsector of a >partition when you mkfs it (mke2fs has been doing this for a long time). >If you mkfs your boot partition (and zap the bootblock) you would have to >run LILO on it anyways after they install a new kernel, because the >location of the kernel would change. > Can the kernel be in a different partition from the boot partition? If so, it is not safe, yes?
> > >'Re: 2.4.15-pre1: "bogus" message with reiserfs root and other weirdness' >dated Nov 21, 2001 for patch to clean up reiserfs boot messages and order. > >'Re: [reiserfs-list] Re: Basic reiserfs question' dated Sep 7, 2001 for >patch which (among other things) zaps non-reiserfs data from the disk >when mkreiserfs is run (also referenced in a subsequent posting >'Re: [reiserfs-list] mkreiserfs /dev/hdb' dated Oct 1, 2001). >
Oleg, please review his patches and integrate them into our release process.
> > >There was a patch submitted within the past week to clean up the FAT >messages when "silent" is passed. In any case, that is mostly irrelevant >if reiserfs is moved up in the probe order. > >Cheers, Andreas >-- >Andreas Dilger >http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ >http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >
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