Re: Is there an SGI person in this list?

[Mike Burger <mburger compucomis net>]

/boot is usually pretty small, and the files are not frequently written
to...why not leave that one small partition as formatted ext2?

On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Jean Francois Martinez wrote:

> One of the things making use of XFS more difficult is that the
> superior booter (GRUB) does not support XFS.   This makes harder
> the task of a distribution vendor willing to move to XFS (he will
> have to ensure /boot is using ext2 or Reiser).  It also makes
> life harder for people willing to move to XFS but unwilling to
> downgrade to LILO.
>
> Is there a chance SGI would write an XFS back end for the GRUB
> booter?
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