ext4 able to boot from ext3 mbr?
Eric Sandeen
sandeen at redhat.com
Wed Oct 29 02:30:51 UTC 2008
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
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