On 2010年10月14日 06:19, Ken Moffat wrote: > 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 I'm sure it can boot on ext4 partition. My root partition is ext4 format, boot partition is not a separate partition, it boots fine.
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