Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (475 mails)

[Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>]

"Richard (MQ)" <osl2008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > Markus Koßmann <mkossmann_ml1@xxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > In 11.0 there is basic support ( kernelmodule and utilities) for
> > > ext4 but no support for installation on ext4. Will there be support
> > > for installation on ext4 in 11.1 ?  Or is  ext4  still considered
> > > too unstable ?
> >
> > We're doing a massive redesign of the partitioner for 11.1 and I'm not
> > sure whether we can add ext4 support.  The kernel and base tools will
> > support it, so installing on ext3 and running tune2fs is one option,
>
> What about adding some text to the new partitioner page briefly
> outlining how to do this? e.g.

It's a wiki - go ahead ;)

> "Ext4: Not currently available in this partitioner tool - please
> select ext3 and, after installation, run tune2fs option option to
> convert."

AFAIR:
tune2fs -E test_fs /dev/sd...
and then change fstab to use ext4dev for the partition

hope that's all,
Andreas
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