On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 12:45:10PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 1/28/19 12:34 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > I realize that this may require some programming, but would it be possible > > to have it ask a question early on (maybe at or before the beginning of > > partitioning) requesting the user to choose between yaboot and grub? Then > > the partitioner would automatically create the necessary partition(s) and > > “install boot loader” would automatically install the chosen boot loader > > conditioned on the answer to the question… > > Yaboot is unmaintained upstream and does not support modern ext4 features. In > order for Yaboot to work properly, you have to turn certain features in ext4 > off, otherwise it won't work and the boot fails.
Can you not have an ext3 boot partition and the rest of the OS on an ext4 partition? Cheers Michael.