On 11/17/2014 03:27 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Carlos E. R.
wrote: On 2014-11-17 20:37, jdd wrote:
Le 17/11/2014 19:44, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
On the other hand, the solution your friend suggested, creating a /boot partition is correct. But I would create it with ext2 (two). Although no need to shrink /windows, it can be anywhere. Even a logical partition works.
Is ext2 always available? It was my first idea, but i think I have read than not every system read it :-(
Of course it is available. I do not know of any openSUSE system incapable of using it.
I think the question implies something not true. Let me re-phrase:
- Q: Is the ext2 filesystem driver always available in mainstream linux kernels.
- A: No, the functionality of the ext2 driver has been incorporated into the ext4 driver, so many kernels now only include the ext4 driver. Of course it provides full backward support so there is no loss of functionality due the ext2 driver being missing.
In general only kernels that don't include the ext4 driver should include the older, less well maintained ext2 driver.
About the ext2 driver being _available_: Have a look at /proc/filesystems, or possibly at the /lib/modules for your your kernel. The fact that the later extN filesystems incorporate the functionality of the earlier ones - backward comparability - has nothing to do with the availability or not of those earlier drivers in (possibly as modules) for the kernel. In particular, although I have the ext4 driver, I *ALSO* have the ext3 and ext2 drivers *available* It looks to me as if the extN driver are compiled in to the kernels I have. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org