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On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 2:54 PM Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Correct me if I'm wrong here, it used to be that grub, the original |
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> version not the current bloated one, had to have ext2. |
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The upstream version. Various distributions added ext4 support to |
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grub1 (circa 2009, IIRC). None of the patches were upstreamed because |
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grub1 development was closed. |
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> If I recall correctly, a ext4 file system can be *read* the same as |
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> ext2. The difference is the journal. |
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That's true for ext3. For ext4, you have to ensure that some |
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ext4-specific features are off for it to be read as if it were ext2. |