ext4 disaster

[Bob Gustafson]

Bill McGonigle wrote:
> On 06/12/2009 07:27 PM, Neal Becker wrote:
>> So you suggest use rescue cd, chroot.  Then, exactly what is needed?  
>> Simply
>> mkinitrd?  Why would it work when run manually, but not when anaconda 
>> set it
>> up?
> 
> Did you re-format when you re-installed?
> 
> If not, does your fstab say 'ext4' or 'ext3'?  That's where mkinitrd 
> gets its marching orders.  IIRC, without extents you can mount ext4 as 
> ext3.
> 
> -Bill
> 

As I recall, I think F11 is set up to use only ext3 on /boot. Something 
about anaconda or the kernel not accepting ext4 - yet. Check the 
documentation on this point.