Bug#833057: /usr/bin/extlinux: extlinux --install fails to boot if the rootfs is ext4
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Hi Neil,
On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 11:29:25AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
> Package: extlinux
> Version: 3:6.03+dfsg-14
> Severity: important
> File: /usr/bin/extlinux
>
> With vmdebootstrap, I'm trying to maintain extlinux support but the latest package
> fails to make the image bootable if the rootfs is ext4. ext3 and ext2 work, so I'm
> going to need to prevent vmdebootstrap images building ext4 if extlinux is used until
> this is fixed. (Grub works fine with ext2, 3 and 4.)
>
> When building on Jessie, this problem does not occur - only when building the VM
> on stretch or sid. (This is a separate bug that syslinux requires the use of files
> which are not included in the VM and cannot be installed using only the files of
> the VM.)
Are you able to boot from ext4 after disabling the 64bit feature?
mkfs.ext4 -O ^64bit
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem#ext
Regards,
Peter
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