[gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread reQuiem23
Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry to the grub.conf and booting into that new partition. My /boot is on a separate ext3 partition, so this is not a problem. The

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread Rodolphe Rocca
reQuiem23 wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry to the grub.conf and booting into that new partition. My /boot is on a separate ext3 partition, so this is not a

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:48 AM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry to the grub.conf and booting into that new

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:48 AM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry to the grub.conf and booting into that new

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread reQuiem23
Rodolphe Rocca-2 wrote: reQuiem23 wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry to the grub.conf and booting into that new partition. My /boot is on a

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Rodolphe Rocca fa...@free.fr wrote: reQuiem23 wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry to the grub.conf and booting into that

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread reQuiem23
Joshua Murphy-2 wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:48 AM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry to the grub.conf

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread reQuiem23
Paul Hartman-3 wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:48 AM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry to the grub.conf

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:57 AM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Rodolphe Rocca-2 wrote: reQuiem23 wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:04 AM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Hartman-3 wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:48 AM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread Graham Murray
reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com writes: yeah, but my /boot is still ext3 and grub IS actually loading the system, it even runs uvesafb. or is grub even incompatible with ext4 root-filesystems? i thought this was entirely handled by the kernel. Grub is not incompatible with ext4 root

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread reQuiem23
Paul Hartman-3 wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:04 AM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Hartman-3 wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:48 AM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread reQuiem23
Graham Murray wrote: reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com writes: yeah, but my /boot is still ext3 and grub IS actually loading the system, it even runs uvesafb. or is grub even incompatible with ext4 root-filesystems? i thought this was entirely handled by the kernel. Grub is not

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread Dale
reQuiem23 wrote: Joshua Murphy-2 wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:48 AM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 08:48 -0800, reQuiem23 wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry to the grub.conf and booting into that new partition. My /boot is on a

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread Rodolphe Rocca
Paul Hartman wrote: On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Rodolphe Rocca fa...@free.fr wrote: reQuiem23 wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry to the

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread reQuiem23
Albert Hopkins-4 wrote: On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 08:48 -0800, reQuiem23 wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry to the grub.conf and booting into that new

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread reQuiem23
reQuiem23 wrote: Albert Hopkins-4 wrote: On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 08:48 -0800, reQuiem23 wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition, change the /etc/fstab, add an entry to the grub.conf

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread Saphirus Sage
On Jan 30, 2009, at 1:23 PM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Albert Hopkins-4 wrote: On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 08:48 -0800, reQuiem23 wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole root-dir into that new partition,

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread reQuiem23
Saphirus Sage wrote: On Jan 30, 2009, at 1:23 PM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Albert Hopkins-4 wrote: On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 08:48 -0800, reQuiem23 wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to make a new ext4 partition (via mkfs.ext4) and copy (cp) my whole

Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo from ext3 to ext4

2009-01-30 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:53 PM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Saphirus Sage wrote: On Jan 30, 2009, at 1:23 PM, reQuiem23 niklas.baumst...@gmail.com wrote: Albert Hopkins-4 wrote: On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 08:48 -0800, reQuiem23 wrote: Hi all, i just had the idea to