On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:12:59 +0200
"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.
That looks quite odd to me. What does the set root='(hd1,5)' do if on
the next line you tell it to look at (hd0,6)?
Try:
menuentry "KDE-4.5 ext4" {
set root=(hd0,6)
linux /boot/lfskernel-2.6.34 root=/dev/sda6 rw
}
Is the kernel in /boot on /dev/sda6 or is /boot on a separate partition?
I've just been installing some other distros on my computer. Fedora 13
on an ext4 partition boots fine with this entry in grub.cfg:
menuentry "Fedora" {
set root=(hd0,12)
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.x86_64 ro root=/dev/sda12 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.x86_64.img
}
> 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 ?
>
I would suggest that you tar up the partition from your host system,
unmount it, format it with the filesystem of your choice, mount it
again and then untar the files onto the empty partition.
Assuming it's mounted on /mnt/lfs and you want to use ext4:
cd /mnt &&
tar pfac lfs-KDE-4.5.tar.bz2 lfs &&
umount lfs &&
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda6 &&
mount /dev/sda6 lfs &&
tar xf lfs-KDE-4.5.tar.bz2
Andy
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