[KLUG Members] Re: Laptop reiser corruption and fixing it

[Bruce Smith]

> ...  Heck, you can even umount
> /boot after boot (like in your /etc/rc.d/rc.local), so there is no
> "clean/dirty" issue at all!  ;-P

Just remember to mount /boot before you upgrade or install a new
Redhat kernel (rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.9-21...) because the RPM script 
now automatically updates the /boot/grub/grub.conf file for you.

I also highly recommend GRUB over LILO because you can do so much
more at the command line (like boot a partition not in the config)
and look inside a filesystem before you boot.  That's saved my a$$
a few times recently.

Want to have some fun?  Remove the /initrd directory on a SCSI 
system (or any system where you use an initial ram disk) when 
you're cleaning up, and you'll get a message that the init 
program cannot be loaded, and try passing the kernel a "init="
parameter (which doesn't help).  That one took me some time to
track down!!!

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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