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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. |