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On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 21:58 +0100, Momesso Andrea wrote: |
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> On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:49:36 +0000 |
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> Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:39:29 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: |
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> > > > P.S. I'm not using vgextend to simply add sda4 to the lvm because |
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> > > > I might want to migrate my root (sda1) to ext4 |
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> > > Why do want to do that? ext4 is just a couple of months old and |
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> > > there's no proof of stability whatsoever for it. Better try it with |
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> > > uncritical data partitions (portage tree, distfiles) first. |
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> > Yet if you do, the latest GRUB boots from ext4 partitions, so you |
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> > don't need to separate /boot. |
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> I heard it can boot from ext4 using a patch that is not 100% safe... |
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> Does anyone have positive (or negative) experience with that? |
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You don't need to apply any patch; it comes with GRUB. I didn't get any |
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"WARNING: this patch will fuck your box" messages when I installed it. |
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In my experience I haven't seen any difference between it and the 25 or |
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so other patches that Gentoo applies to GRUB. |
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