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| author | hpa <hpa> | 2004-12-21 22:36:29 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 2004-12-21 22:36:29 +0000 |
| commit | 8db502c28e8d3d076c834762b95c62ec501574fc (patch) | |
| tree | 72bbdcfc0cf80a292d00f2184d2b7d7551cfd853 /extlinux.doc | |
| parent | 6eb3c5e7ade4e74c5446d1a0776c0f49c7072d07 (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-8db502c28e8d3d076c834762b95c62ec501574fc.tar.gz | |
Document the need/lack thereof to run the installer.
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diff --git a/extlinux.doc b/extlinux.doc index 54e649d1..502cfc0c 100644 --- a/extlinux.doc +++ b/extlinux.doc @@ -54,3 +54,14 @@ preferred way to boot is: - Run "extlinux /boot" to install extlinux. This will install it on all the drives in the RAID-1 set, which means you can boot any combination of drives in any order. + + + +It is not required to re-run the extlinux installer after installing +new kernels. If you are using ext3 journalling, however, it might be +desirable to do so, since running the extlinux installer will flush +the log. Otherwise a dirty shutdown could cause some of the new +kernel image to still be in the log. This is a general problem for +boot loaders on journalling filesystems; it is not specific to +extlinux. The "sync" command does not flush the log on the ext3 +filesystem. |