Re: [tlug] XFS on RH7.2

[Stuart Luppescu <s-luppescu@example.com>]

On 火, 2002-05-07 at 21:31, Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:
> >From: Stuart Luppescu <s-luppescu@example.com>
> >
> >I never heard that. All four machines I have with XFS on them are all
> >XFS. What's the problem? I don't use grub, though -- only lilo.
> 
> Since you can't install XFS support out-of-the-box you have to convert you 
> partitions one-by-one if I understand correctly how to install XFS. And 
> doing this for / is *a bit* (only a littl) tricky.

I see your point. In my case, I backed everything up to tape, did a
fresh install, and restored all my data from tape. Converting in place
is a major pain.

> Furthermore how do you create a rescue disk? The rescue disk would also need 
> to understand XFS no?

The SGI install CD functions very well as a rescue disk.
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