topic Re: fedora3 installls ... in Operating System - Linux

fedora3 installls ...

K.C. Chan — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:51:40 GMT

All,
I am installing fedora3 and trying to use xfs for /boot and /, but it seems that the installer is having problem intalling grub boot loader. But if I use ext3 for /boot and told the installer to put the boot loader on /boot partition, it works. Does anyone know if fedora3 supports xfs on /boot and /root filesystems off the bat? Thanks.

Re: fedora3 installls ...

Andrew Cowan — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 02:59:47 GMT

As far as I am aware "/" can be any filesystem type that is supported by LInux, however "/boot" can only be ext2/3. This is because there is only a micro-kernel present during boot, therefore the modules that support the other filesystem types, are not yet available/active.

Re: fedora3 installls ...

Ivajlo Yanakiev — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 04:31:03 GMT

2 year ago Redhat decide to separate /boot from /root.
Reason:
You put support FS on /boot and you can load kernel that support any FS.
Why you need XFS on /boot?
/boot is static FS and generaly you do not use it everyday activity I mean.

Re: fedora3 installls ...

K.C. Chan — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:00:43 GMT

Thanks all for your help.