Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263121AbUJ2HW0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 03:22:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263122AbUJ2HWZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 03:22:25 -0400 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:2228 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263121AbUJ2HWX (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 03:22:23 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:22:11 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Nathan Scott cc: Martin MOKREJ? , linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: best linux kernel with memory management In-Reply-To: <20041029071429.GF1246@frodo> Message-ID: References: <412C87F3.2030602@ribosome.natur.cuni.cz> <20040825114005.GB13285@logos.cnet> <412C94F5.4010902@ribosome.natur.cuni.cz> <20040825120450.GA22509@logos.cnet> <412C9D9C.6060703@ribosome.natur.cuni.cz> <20040827121905.GG32707@logos.cnet> <417F6258.7010209@ribosome.natur.cuni.cz> <20041028105108.GB5741@logos.cnet> <20041029071429.GF1246@frodo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 929 Lines: 22 >> > >>>>kernel worked fine. Also 2.4.25 had problems which was on Gentoo >> > >>>>install CDROM. I don't remember exact their exact revisions, but I >> > >>>>shouldn't have used xfs also for /. I thought better xfs everywhere >> > >>>>than combined with reiserfs. Of course, /boot is ext3. > >There should be no problems using XFS for everything, including >/boot - I do that on all my systems (for a few years now). /boot (whose root is / for me) can be reiser, the bootload installer just needs to know that is has to unpack files otherwise they might not boot. Jan Engelhardt -- Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Am Fassberg, 37077 Göttingen, www.gwdg.de - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/