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 > > > > > -- > Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers <edgaralw...@gmx.de> > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page