Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 15:56:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 15:56:10 -0500 Received: from roc-24-95-203-215.rochester.rr.com ([24.95.203.215]:22024 "EHLO d185fcbd7.rochester.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 15:55:53 -0500 Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 15:55:43 -0500 From: Chris Mason To: newsreader@mediaone.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: did 2.4 messed up lilo? Message-ID: <786060000.981147343@tiny> In-Reply-To: <20010202153618.A653@dragon.universe> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.0.6b4 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday, February 02, 2001 03:36:18 PM -0500 newsreader@mediaone.net wrote: > I'm not sure whether this problem is related > to 2.4 kernel. > I suspect it is a reiserfs problem, and that you are using lilo older than 21.6. Are you mounting /boot with -o notail? Regardless, I'm willing to bet upgrading to lilo 21.6 will solve this. It calls an ioctl reiserfs provides to unpack small files, and I've seen it fix this exact problem on one of my devel boxes (no lilo prompt, append lines in lilo.conf ignored). -chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/