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[Robin Cook <rcook AT wyrms.net>]

On Mon, 2010-05-31 at 14:10 +0900, flux wrote:
> Sukneet Basuta (sukneet AT gmail.com) wrote [10.05.29 15:16]:
> > I haven't tested the newest x86_64 iso, but on the previous one I had
> > to mark the fs as "okay to run testing filesystems" by doing
> > tune2fs -E test_fs /dev/$drive and mounting the drive as ext4dev
> > (mount -t ext4dev /dev/$drive)
> > 
> > I believe that was due to an older kernel though.
> > 
> > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Robin Cook <rcook AT wyrms.net> wrote:
> > > Well I have my new computer and I am trying to install SMGL on it using
> > > the x86_64 iso but I am running into a problem.
> > >
> > > I partitioned my drive and formatted them ext4, but when I try to mount
> > > them I get unknown type when I use -t ext4. When I try ext3 I get
> > > couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features.
> > >
> > > Anyway to get the ext4 partitions to mount with this iso?
> > >
> > > Robin Cook
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> AFAIK, the latest 64-bit ISOs support ext4, but I don't know about our
> mount spell. However, did you check whether the ext4 support was builtin
> or provided as a module? If it's a module, you'll have to make sure the
> module is loaded (it *should* autoload via the mount call, but of course
> that won't work for booting a root partition; it sounds like your
> problem is during the install and before booting though).
> 
> Which of the 64-bit images did you use? There are two: a regular iso9660
> image, and a newer, more experimental UDF image.
> 
> Also, just to be methodical, how exactly did you format the partitions
> (the exact command)? Did you try letting mount determine the partition
> type (-t auto, which is the default if you don't specify the type)?
> 
> I didn't see a bug filed for this yet (poke poke), unless I'm blind
> again. :)
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I formatted them with mkfs.ext4 
There is no module for ext4 that I can find on the iso so either it is
built in on not at all.
Tried the auto and in says you must specify a file system type.
Tried the tune2fs and using ext4dev still says unknown type.

Robin Cook
CuZnDragon

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