From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 00:59:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 00:59:13 -0400 Received: from ppp42.ts4-2.NewportNews.visi.net ([209.8.198.234]:36349 "EHLO blimpo.internal.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 00:59:08 -0400 Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 00:58:51 -0400 From: Ben Collins To: Tom Rini Cc: Andrew Morton , ext3-users@redhat.com, lkml Subject: Re: ext3-2.4-0.9.6 Message-ID: <20010812005850.T30381@visi.net> In-Reply-To: <3B75DE86.EEDFAFFB@zip.com.au>, <3B75DE86.EEDFAFFB@zip.com.au> <20010811184640.B17435@cpe-24-221-152-185.az.sprintbbd.net> <3B75E1F9.2BF5D4B6@zip.com.au>, <3B75E1F9.2BF5D4B6@zip.com.au> <20010811191539.C17435@cpe-24-221-152-185.az.sprintbbd.net> <3B75E9E3.FAAF05CC@zip.com.au> <20010811194744.B17668@cpe-24-221-152-185.az.sprintbbd.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <20010811194744.B17668@cpe-24-221-152-185.az.sprintbbd.net>; from trini@kernel.crashing.org on Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 07:47:44PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 07:47:44PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 07:28:51PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Well, LILO works OK with an unclean ext3 FS because it goes straight to > > the underlying blocks. If both grub and OF parse the superblock compatibility > > bits then they could fail in this manner. > > Both GRUB and yaboot can read directly from the fs. It's possible to boot > a kernel right out of OF from an HFS partition (which I had to do to get > the box up again). It might be worth documenting this someplace. Same goes for SILO too. Not sure if SILO even works with ext3 right now (uses libext2fs, so I assume so). Ben -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` bcollins@debian.org -- bcollins@openldap.org -- bcollins@linux.com ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'