[KLUG Members] lilo and xfs

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > > I tried just now changing boot= from the device to the bootable partition which
> > > is XFS, lilo refused to install saying it would trash the file system on the
> > > partition. Say what?!
> > Last I knew LILO didn't work with XFS.  Even on grub boxes I create a
> > 256Mb ext3 /boot partition and store a couple of utilities like ipssend
> > there as well.
> I have XFS-only (no ext2/3) systems with grub that work fine.

I know,  but one can ALWAYS get to an ext2/3 filesystem from even the
crappiest rescue disk.  It provides a nice jumping off point for more
major restoration, especially when you need some odd tools (like the
mentioned ipssend - the command line utility to manage IBM ServerRAID
controllers).