It sounds like the grub install on your /dev/sda5 partition doesn't
support ext4.  ext4 support is included in the ext2 module inside
group (which should autoload).

rw/ro are not necessary - the kernel does the right thing and has for
quite a long while now.

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers
<edgaralw...@gmx.de> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:03:53 +0100
> Andrew Benton <b3n...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Is the kernel on the reiserfs /boot partition or the ext4 partition?
>>
>
> On the ext4 one. I have the statements
>
> menuentry "KDE-4.5 ext4" {
> insmod ext2
> set root='(hd1,5)'
> linux (hd0,6)/boot/lfskernel-2.6.34  root=/dev/sda6 rw
> }
>
> in /dev/sdb5/grub/grub.cfg
>
> It should at least start. I am wondering, if perhaps the ext4 format ( with 
> the help of gparted, some time ago ) is not the same as the actual one ?
>
> It is a test partition. I could reformat and copy my main system from the 
> reiserfs partition with a dd. What would you suggest ?
>
> Thanks for your assistance,
> Edgar
>
>
>
>
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