[CentOS] ext4 in CentOS 5.6?

Alexander Dalloz ad+lists at uni-x.org
Fri Jul 22 22:44:29 UTC 2011


Am 23.07.2011 00:16, schrieb Matt:
>> And be careful to leave boot partition on ext3.
> 
> Why is that?  Also, does the 5.6 install dvd offer ext4 in the
> graphical install?  Last time I do not think I saw it.

grub shipping with 5.6 can not boot from ext4 formatted partitions.

http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html-single/5.6_Technical_Notes/index.html#Known_Issues-kernel

"As of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 the ext4 file system is fully
supported. However, provisioning ext4 file systems with the anaconda
installer is not supported, and ext4 file systems need to be provisioned
manually after the installation."

Alexander




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