<div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/28 Antonio Olivares <<a href="mailto:olivares14031@yahoo.com">olivares14031@yahoo.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> --- On Tue, 10/28/08, Aioanei Rares <<a href="mailto:schaiba@gmail.com">schaiba@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > From: Aioanei Rares <<a href="mailto:schaiba@gmail.com">schaiba@gmail.com</a>> > Subject: Re: ext4 able to boot from ext3 mbr? > To: <a href="mailto:limb@jcomserv.net">limb@jcomserv.net</a>, "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" <<a href="mailto:fedora-test-list@redhat.com">fedora-test-list@redhat.com</a>> > Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 8:16 AM <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Jon Ciesla > <<a href="mailto:limb@jcomserv.net">limb@jcomserv.net</a>> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:01 PM, stan > <<a href="mailto:eiqep_eiwo_y@cox.net">eiqep_eiwo_y@cox.net</a>> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> When I installed F9 from the liveCD I decided > to use the EXT4 file > > >> system. > > >> Unfortunately, there was no way to boot from > my ext3 mbr. It kept > > >> hanging > > >> when it went to the boot partition. I tried > some playing around but > > >> didn't > > >> get it to work. I ended up using preupgrade, > which worked flawlessly > > >> but > > >> left me in ext3. > > >> > > >> When F10 is available I would like to run it > in an ext4 filesystem. > > >> Will > > >> this incompatibility between ext3 and ext4 > still be a problem? F10 will > > >> not > > >> be installed on the same disk as the mbr is > on. If it is a problem, is > > >> there a workaround? > > >> > > >> Just in case, will preupgrade work for F10? > > >> > > >> Thanks. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> fedora-test-list mailing list > > >> <a href="mailto:fedora-test-list@redhat.com">fedora-test-list@redhat.com</a> > > >> To unsubscribe: > > > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list</a> > > >> > > > > > > AFAICT, no. > > > > No to what? He asked 2 questions. > > > > > -- > > > fedora-test-list mailing list > > > <a href="mailto:fedora-test-list@redhat.com">fedora-test-list@redhat.com</a> > > > To unsubscribe: > > > > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list</a> > > > > > > -- > > novus ordo absurdum > > > > -- > > fedora-test-list mailing list > > <a href="mailto:fedora-test-list@redhat.com">fedora-test-list@redhat.com</a> > > To unsubscribe: > > > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list</a> > > > > No as in one cannot boot from a ext3 mbr if one wants to > use ext4. Sorry for > not being explicit enough. </div></div>> -- One can have an ext4 partition, but the /boot partition has to be ext2 or ext3 if I am not mistaken? I have such a setup that I have an ext4 partition, but I am not sure if the /boot partition is ext2 or ext3?</blockquote> <div> i have / on ext4 and /boot on ext3. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Regards, Antonio -- <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">fedora-test-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-test-list@redhat.com">fedora-test-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Linux counter #213090