From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-89988-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1LSwyV-0001Nd-Ap for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:16:15 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4E41AE02A5; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:16:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D9FBE02A5 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:16:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAFE76456B for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:16:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.057 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.057 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.542, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id KcJ67CrtHBYU for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:16:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kuber.nabble.com (kuber.nabble.com [216.139.236.158]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAE44645AA for <gentoo-user@gentoo.org>; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:16:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <lists@nabble.com>) id 1LSwyM-0003Wh-6m for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:16:06 -0800 Message-ID: <21751479.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:16:06 -0800 (PST) From: reQuiem23 <niklas.baumstark@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4 In-Reply-To: <58965d8a0901300908y1f30a60aiadd80d6b8e622b97@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Nabble-From: niklas.baumstark@gmail.com References: <21750949.post@talk.nabble.com> <58965d8a0901300853m76eb7071u7b1dacc822b31639@mail.gmail.com> <21751280.post@talk.nabble.com> <58965d8a0901300908y1f30a60aiadd80d6b8e622b97@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 274ad986-1a41-47af-a8e1-f0ae07612af5 X-Archives-Hash: 5d7d00927a2dd5b8897c00209482e182 Paul Hartman-3 wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:04 AM, reQuiem23 <niklas.baumstark@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Paul Hartman-3 wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:48 AM, reQuiem23 <niklas.baumstark@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and >>>> copy >>>> (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, >>>> add >>>> an entry to the grub.conf and booting into that new partition. My /boot >>>> is >>>> on a separate ext3 partition, so this is not a problem. The kernel i >>>> use >>>> is >>>> gentoo-sources 2.6.28-r1 with ext4-support enabled. However, when i >>>> want >>>> to >>>> boot into my new system, the system starts, even the uvesafb starts, >>>> but >>>> than the booting process stops with a message like "tty starting" and >>>> the >>>> system reboots. >>>> >>>> I removed all the files in /proc /dev and /sys, so probably this could >>>> be >>>> the cause of the problem. Or does anyone have an idea what could be the >>>> problematic factor here? unfortunately i can't provide any logging >>>> information because i can't get to a working shell :( >>> >>> Don't know if it is related, but for me I had to put rootfstype=ext4 >>> on the kernel commandline. Also make sure you're using >>> sys-boot/grub-0.97-r9, I know it has ext4 support. >>> >>> >>> >> >> I actually have that parameter on the kernel command line. I'll check my >> grub version, though, thank you. > > Be sure to re-install grub to MBR as well. Just emerging it won't be > good enough. > > > Okay, i still got that in mind from the installation guide, but thanks nevertheless :) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Gentoo-from-ext3-to-ext4-tp21750949p21751479.html Sent from the gentoo-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com.