Re: [CentOS] Can't boot Centos6 ext4 partition from GAG bootloader

2011-09-19 Thread Maurice Batey
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:31:41 -0400, John Hinton wrote: > I > selected 'Customize' at the point where you can choose your packages and > then I selected that I wanted to set the partitions myself. That's what I did. > I got the > same partition interface I've always gotten with CentOS insta

Re: [CentOS] Can't boot Centos6 ext4 partition from GAG bootloader

2011-09-19 Thread John Hinton
On 9/19/2011 2:18 PM, Maurice Batey wrote: > On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:08:20 -0700, Drew wrote: > >> Did the installer try to install /boot in the same partition as / ? >That's what it did. > >> I still keep /boot as ext3. > OIC. So it needs an extra (ext3) /boot partition, as well as /. > Now, if

Re: [CentOS] Can't boot Centos6 ext4 partition from GAG bootloader

2011-09-19 Thread Maurice Batey
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:08:20 -0700, Drew wrote: > Did the installer try to install /boot in the same partition as / ? That's what it did. > I still keep /boot as ext3. OIC. So it needs an extra (ext3) /boot partition, as well as /. Now, if the installer had offered that, things might have bee

Re: [CentOS] Can't boot Centos6 ext4 partition from GAG bootloader

2011-09-19 Thread Drew
>>  there any way tp persuade Centos-6 to use an ext3 root partition? > >  Seems not, so - sadly - have crossed Centos off my list. Did the installer try to install /boot in the same partition as / ? CentOS6/SL6 does support ext4 as a root device (My webserver is currently doing so) but I still k

Re: [CentOS] Can't boot Centos6 ext4 partition from GAG bootloader

2011-09-19 Thread m . roth
Maurice Batey wrote: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:22:34 +0100, I wrote: > >> there any way tp persuade Centos-6 to use an ext3 root partition? > > Seems not, so - sadly - have crossed Centos off my list. Sorry, I seem to have missed the start of this thread, and certainly don't understand it. Certa

Re: [CentOS] Can't boot Centos6 ext4 partition from GAG bootloader

2011-09-19 Thread Maurice Batey
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:22:34 +0100, I wrote: > there any way tp persuade Centos-6 to use an ext3 root partition? Seems not, so - sadly - have crossed Centos off my list. -- /\/\aurice ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://list

[CentOS] Can't boot Centos6 ext4 partition from GAG bootloader

2011-09-18 Thread Maurice Batey
Have just installed Centos-6 from a Linux Format DVD. The install went smoothly, although the installer inisisted that the root partition had to be formatted ext4. When my GAG boot loader tried to boot from that root partition, it was unable do so. Elsewhere I read that GAG cannot boot from