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Re: grub backport and ext4 support?



Am Sonntag 07 Februar 2010 schrieb Nicolas KOWALSKI:
> Hello,

Hello,

> I have installed the linux-image-2.6.30 on my Lenny system to be able
> to use the ext4 filesystem. I converted my ext3 /home partition
> without problems, and it works perfectly, faster.
> 
> Would it be safe to also convert my ext3 root partition (no /boot
> here) to ext4 if I upgrade my grub installation to the one provided by
> the backports?

You do not need updated grub, as long as /boot is on a different partition 
with Ext3 or something like that. rootfstype=ext4 is mandatory. I have 
Lenny grub + 2.6.32 selfbuilt kernel running with / on Ext4 on my 
workstation at work.

Ciao,
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