[NTLUG:Discuss] ReiserFS and the bootable /boot partition.

[Chris Cox]

Richard Geoffrion wrote:

>(Slackware 8 - new install on AMD/750 from Gateway with a Promise (SCSI) IDE
>controller with a 40 Gig drive.)
>
>I remember reading somewhere that there might be some concerns having a
>ReiserFS partition as the bootable partition...or the root partition.  Is
>this true?
>
You have to have the reiserfs modules in the kernel somehow... the 
problem is
the ole chicken-and-egg problem.  Distributions usually have something 
that will
create an initial ram disk that gets preloaded to handle this (usually 
mkinitrd).

>
>
>I typically make a 30 meg /boot partition as my first partition (/dev/hdx1)
>to avoid any >1024 cyl errors.  If one uses the ReiserFS exclusively, will
>there be issues down the road?  ( know that Slack 8 users have to 'patch'
>the kernal sources and recompile if ReiserFS is to be used.)
>
Unless the BIOS is fairly old, the <1024 rule is no longer an issue.... 
just may have to have
the linear... with newer bioses, use lba32 option.

>
>
>And should I remove the Promise controller from the system and just use the
>onboard IDE?
>
I haven't used one... cannot comment on this.

Chris