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On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Bob Sanders <rsanders@×××.com> wrote: |
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> Morgan Wesström, mused, then expounded: |
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>> >> |
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>> > I answered that initially. Grub does not support ext3 or ext4. |
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>> > |
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>> # mount | grep boot |
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>> /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw,noatime) |
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>> GRUB working fine with ext3 here... |
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>> /Morgan |
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>> |
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> For now. Grub supports ext2. It may or may not work properly |
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> with journaled file systems, depending upon phase of the moon, |
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> current tide level, etc. |
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> Grub 2.0 is supposed to have much more solid support. But it's not |
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> ready yet. |
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> So why actively try to break it, when it's known that it's not solid |
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> with journaled file systems and isn't going to be fixed? Ext4 is |
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> new, grub only needs a small partition - 128 MB or less. And it's |
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> only for booting the system. Why is there a need for all the overhead |
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> of a journaled file system for grub? |
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Added feature in .29 is support for journalless ext4 partitions, makes |
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it far more interesting as a boot partition. |
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Wil |
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