ext4 able to boot from ext3 mbr?

[Eric Sandeen]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 
>> Slightly OT, but I didn't see any mention of ext4
>>> when I installed F10 (actually F9.92) from the KDE Live CD.
>>> When I formatted a partition (I used Custom Install)
>>> I was offered ext3 or ext2, IIRC, but not ext4.
> 
>> It takes a special boot-time parameter, put "ext4" on the anaconda boot
>> line and you'll see the option in the custom partitioning screen.
> 
> Does the Live CD give one an opportunity to add options?
> I didn't see an anaconda boot line after I clicked on 
> the "Install on hard disk" icon.

It's not an option for the live cd, only the installer.

If you install to disk from the livecd, you get ext3.

-Eric