Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266253AbUFYW2j (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:28:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266884AbUFYW2i (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:28:38 -0400 Received: from mail4-141.ewetel.de ([212.6.122.141]:55265 "EHLO mail4.ewetel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266253AbUFYW2b (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:28:31 -0400 To: David van Hoose Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Collapse ext2 and 3 please In-Reply-To: <2b45V-6tl-39@gated-at.bofh.it> References: <2aZfF-3es-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <2b45V-6tl-39@gated-at.bofh.it> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:28:26 +0200 Message-Id: From: Pascal Schmidt X-CheckCompat: OK Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 818 Lines: 20 On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:00:23 +0200, you wrote in linux.kernel: > It says ext2. Based on other messages, I look at /sbin/mkinitrd. > It looks to me that RedHat/Fedora are pretty dumb making stupid > assumptions about the fs type instead of looking at the filesystem types > that root has setup in fstab. Well, if the initrd (which is a ramdisk with a filesystem on it) is ext2, you need ext2 in the kernel. It has nothing to do with the root filesystem type, really. Journalling on an initrd makes no sense, so ext2 is actually a sensible choice there. -- Ciao, Pascal - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/