From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mjv2b-0004TR-IT for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:10:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 19BE5E0B4C; Sat, 5 Sep 2009 13:10:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.246]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0F73E0B4C for ; Sat, 5 Sep 2009 13:10:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d40so3339160and.1 for ; Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:10:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lkux9EauwvLpUJ1qX2J7K3JyhY03US3/1GuVyz2xRkw=; b=wcgJ311TpvaR768hiU862/AzLHof0ps34ZOcps/A0ULG2nAnxPyjBNtQjXr744RLMT Hy67BjxeOwfvywv3reU/mTTk9npUGkNP1B6A3hDXwm5CypnNdpHEGUpsf7iCcLOd9qNc JPCrGDY1iBaFn+6GAqN477xN84+P4Isw+14p0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jPKd7Rl4NiNkxjMPHX3aoi+AkjzpF70PGGH+bB+G7SAeZYfMY4KlzazO4/vOFhbRnQ 8/OCS850dHNkQwz5rrUObzUNEeFM66kbpvY518vBPNUNctabnLIqUw1l6v9r4InjZ5Gv iPs239xEu3LUt8bPHatpBTHvOFlr/gFGm7Q+M= Received: by 10.101.50.17 with SMTP id c17mr13604337ank.125.1252156222687; Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:10:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.1? (adsl-12-46-83.jan.bellsouth.net [65.12.46.83]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm441495yxe.9.2009.09.05.06.10.20 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:10:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AA2633B.5000501@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:10:19 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.22) Gecko/20090905 SeaMonkey/1.1.17 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Flash drive and file systems References: <4AA25FCC.5090002@coolmail.se> In-Reply-To: <4AA25FCC.5090002@coolmail.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: d45634a5-bc45-46b2-bc91-7aec144fdf56 X-Archives-Hash: 8d8f51cd7b8aba985a4174e550a4bf59 pk wrote: > James wrote: > > =20 >> The kernel is gentoo-30-r5 and it does not support EXT2. >> I have already formatted the Flash as EXT2: >> =20 > > Huh? Do you mean to say that "CONFIG_EXT2_FS" is not set (when you > compiled it) or that it's gone from the kernel source? > > I haven't followed the kernel mailing list closely but if they have > deleted the ext2 from the kernel that surely must have been > "broadcasted" on the "interweb"... > (I'm still on .25-r9 so I can't check) > > Best regards > > Peter K > > > =20 I just checked and ext2 option is there in menuconfig. Here is the options available: =E2=94=82 =E2=94=82 <*> Second extended fs support =E2=94= =82 =E2=94=82 =E2=94=82 =E2=94=82 [ ] Ext2 extended attributes (NEW) =E2=94=82 =E2= =94=82 =E2=94=82 =E2=94=82 [ ] Ext2 execute in place sup= port (NEW) =E2=94=82 =E2=94=82 This is for Linux Kernel v2.6.30-gentoo-r5 which is what the OP posted.=20 I'm not sure why the option would not be there for him when it is here.=20 I don't recall ever seeing a kernel without ext2 and I been using Linux for several years. Me clueless. :/ Dale :-) :-)=20