On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:46:26PM +0200, Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers wrote: > Hi!, > > I managed to install a grub2 system on my linux-from-scratch boxes, and grub2 > is working more or less fine. However: ext4 partitions I created as a test, > are not being booted. I can mount my ext4 partitions withouth problems with > mount -t ext4 /dev/sda6 /mnt. but I cannot boot them. The kernel includes > ext4 file formats. I put a "insmod ext4" statement on my grub.cfg, but I get > an "file not found" followed by an "unknown filesystem" when trying to boot. > > Do I have to include some features when building grub2 ? > System KDE-4.5, grub-1.98, kernel 2.6.34 > I did not find anything googling. > > Thanks in advance, > Edgar > -- Last time I looked, grub2 couldn't boot on ext4. You need a separate /boot partition, as ext2 or ext3. Or, alternatively, an ext2 or ext3 '/' with /home or /srv (wherever you put the space for the data) on a separate ext4 filesystem.
ISTR grub's ext2 handles ext3, and might not need an insmod. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
