On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 05:07:13PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > > I wonder if there is an easy way to tell if the bootloader installed > in the MBR (or in the first active boot partition, if you have the DOS > MBR installed in /dev/hda ) is capable of supporting 256 byte ext2/3/4 > inodes.
Version tracking could make sense, for this and for other bugs like #451701, but: a) Maintaining that information is a lot of work; it's out of the question to do it without upstream support (and even then, I'm reluctant). b) Cannot be done retroactively anyway. GRUB 2 paliates this problem by using modules, so you can test for certain features by test -e /boot/grub/foo.mod. But that wouldn't address this particular problem either. Sorry that I can't be of more help. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]