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Re: SheevaPlug install hangs at "Configuring linux-image-2.6.32-5-kirkwood"



On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 05:26:51PM +0100, Sander wrote:
> I believe an ext4 (and ext3) partition is mountable as ext2, is it not?

No it is not.  ext4 is ext4 only.  You can convert ext2 and ext3 to ext4
but you can never go back.  Ext2 and ext3 are compatible and you can go
back and forth and you can mount ext3 as ext2 if the journal has been
synced properly.

> I can't test it ATM, but ISTR that uboot can read ext4 just fine.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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