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 ) id 1LSww1-0000vy-Dq for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:13:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CDCEDE0267; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:13:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from newton.gmurray.org.uk (newton.gmurray.org.uk [81.2.114.237]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 804AEE0267 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:13:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from newton.gmurray.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by newton.gmurray.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0UHDcRd032524 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:13:38 GMT X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.1 newton.gmurray.org.uk n0UHDcRd032524 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmurray.org.uk; s=in200703; t=1233335618; bh=oyiqSwFHghG7V07HCQ6T5p+l0PkoDYqj/zqw5jKNO84=; l=595; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=QmBnvtN8XNcEiBze4JxNC9gyiXhsdrYthaVxLjo7RhgbQwZ0V1pe1ifDiwTdcukVH yo6AmBirWreAq9NTvC+dhyRcKfQLPJuJVuWTu0EcY0cL4YNDsLkEoWERmyIuyVlhL8 fP7PL+O1qaK3XS6v2p6LWp5nyar8/YdvTIph+vAg= Received: (from graham@localhost) by newton.gmurray.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0UHDcxP032523; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:13:38 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: newton.gmurray.org.uk: graham set sender to graham@gmurray.org.uk using -f From: Graham Murray To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4 References: <21750949.post@talk.nabble.com> <49833037.5010706@free.fr> <21751136.post@talk.nabble.com> X-Hashcash: 1:22:090130:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org::VncnMqMtm44MzF6A:000000000000000000000000000000000E7TD Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:13:38 +0000 In-Reply-To: <21751136.post@talk.nabble.com> (reQuiem's message of "Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:57:24 -0800 (PST)") Message-ID: <87hc3gson1.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: 685f95b3-3788-4118-84b5-0391f2b8105a X-Archives-Hash: 807acd271d5ad92d931830c9c15f7418 reQuiem23 writes: > yeah, but my /boot is still ext3 and grub IS actually loading the system, it > even runs uvesafb. or is grub even incompatible with ext4 root-filesystems? > i thought this was entirely handled by the kernel. Grub is not incompatible with ext4 root filesystems as long as you, as you do, have a separate /boot partition with a 'supported' format. It works fine here with ext2 /boot and ext4 / - but I converted this using tune2fs from etx3 rather than creating a new etx4 root (but I did create a new ext4 /home on a different drive)