From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay.sgi.com (relay2.corp.sgi.com [137.38.102.29]) by oss.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24C0C7F47 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:47:40 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.157.11]) by relay2.corp.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC32E30404E for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:47:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-wi0-f193.google.com (mail-wi0-f193.google.com [209.85.212.193]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id AxEHc9yrooC9ugtB (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:47:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by wicxq10 with SMTP id xq10so1276071wic.2 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:47:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Telcontar.valinor (3.Red-83-42-78.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net. [83.42.78.3]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id lh11sm7070156wic.18.2015.09.16.17.47.32 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:47:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Telcontar.valinor (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62BB960E7E for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 02:47:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from Telcontar.valinor ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Telcontar.valinor [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id sML0khlo4tL0 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 02:47:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Telcontar.valinor (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D32B606CF for ; Thu, 17 Sep 2015 02:47:30 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: XFS FAQ - out of date? References: <55FA0B1D.8000905@troja.ch> From: "Carlos E. R." Message-ID: <55FA0DA2.5050609@opensuse.org> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 02:47:30 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <55FA0B1D.8000905@troja.ch> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: XFS mail list -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2015-09-17 02:36, Viktor Trojanovic wrote: > Hi, > > I just tried to do a fresh install of Arch Linux using XFS for my > root system. According to the xfs.org FAQ, this is supported. But > it didn't work. > > I later found (very few) sources that confirmed that Grub is not > compatible with the current XFS level 5, that SuSE created a patch > for the problem but it wasn't adopted upstream. If this is true, > consider updating the FAQ. If it is not true, I would very much > appreciate some hints how to do it properly. I don't know if it is true or not, and I use openSUSE, so I'd have that patch. However, in the past there have been problems with XFS and grub, so my routine is to use a separate /boot partition and install grub there. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlX6DaAACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UlKQCbB4lfGsxqm/Niq6isjNqGn/Bi n4EAn3t5NgIumeMwgrEnDxd18rPSoOGY =Jufm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs