[Voyage-linux] Voyage 0.9 installation problem with Grub

[Joshua Anhalt]

Grub 1 (the default in Voyage) does not supporting booting to an ext4 filesystem.  (There are some efforts to support that, but I don't think those patches are present in the current Voyage grub1.)

You can install a recent grub2, or make a separate ext2/3 formatted /boot partition.

Joshua

On Oct 13, 2012, at 5:51 AM, kmpirkos at ece.upatras.gr wrote:

> Thank you for your prompt reply. Using only one partition solved the problem. The OS loads nicely.
> However, is it possible to use a journaling file system like ext4 instead of ext2?
> I tried altering format-cf.sh and use mkfs.ext4 instead of mkfs.ext2 and again, the grub> command prompt appears.
> 
> The reason I prefer ext4 is to avoid inode reference problems after sudden power-offs. Do you think that ext2 along with the read-only mounting is enough? If so, after I shrink the main ext2 partition, can I make an ext4 partition in the remaining space? I need read-write access to the second partition.
> 
> Regards,
> Kostas Birkos
> 
> 
> 
> Arun Khan  wrote:
>>                On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:25 PM,  <kmpirkos at ece.upatras.gr> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I have a problem while trying to install Voyage 0.9 in a CF card.
>>> Using GParted in Ubuntu 12.04, I created 2 primary partitions in the CF.
>>> 2 GB for the OS and another 6 GB for storage. During the installation
>>> process, I select the first partition to install Voyage.
>> 
>> Rather than pre-partition the CF hard disk, let the VL installer
>> choose the *entire* CF disk for the first partition.
>> After completing the installation, you can shrink the first partition
>> to your desired size and free up the rest.
>> 
>> Also update the grub installation on the CF card.
>> 
>> Let us know if this solves your problem.
>> 
>> -- Arun Khan
>> 
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