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ext4 on older hardware

  • 01-12-2010 7:58pm
    #1
    Stky10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭


    I've got a 5 year old laptop that I decided to install ubuntu 10.10 on one of the partitions. So it installs fine, but when it boots afterwards I get the same problem as listed here

    http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1618195

    I try the fix listed of using the parameters after the boot command of the grub menu, but no luck. I have no idea how to install the .36/.37 kernel since even on a virtual image install with all the updates installed its still using a .35 kernel, and it won't boot at all other than via the live cd.

    Anyway, I decide to try using 10.04 instead. Again the install goes fine, but this time on boot it just goes to the grub prompt. I try reinstalling a few times, inspecting the grub.cfg etc but no luck. Then I reinstall using ext3 instead of ext4 and it works without an issue.

    So I'm wondering.. is there extra hardware requirements for ext4 over ext3?. If I upgrade 10.04 to 10.10 and keep it with ext3 is it likely to work?.


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  • #2
    infoTurtle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭infoTurtle


    you can see here

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1133719

    that some system can just have problems with ext4. If you pc is 5 years old and not responding to EXT4, stick to ext3.

    Also what kernel are you booting?


  • #3
    Stky10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Stky10


    infoTurtle wrote: »
    you can see here

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1133719

    that some system can just have problems with ext4. If you pc is 5 years old and not responding to EXT4, stick to ext3.

    Yeah I saw that, but its for Ubuntu 9, so I thought they might have ironed most of the bugs out of it by now.
    infoTurtle wrote: »
    Also what kernel are you booting?

    For 10.10, its a 2.6.35 kernel. I installed it a few times trying to get it to work, so it would have involved the kernel that comes with the live cd, but also on some occasions I had the network connection up and running and so it was pulling down the most up to date version over the internet connection. It was the same error report I was getting with both.

    For 10.04 its a 2.6.32 kernel, I don't have the exact version because I'm not using that laptop at the moment.


  • #4
    infoTurtle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭infoTurtle


    Dam, I was going to ask you to run one of the kernels that came on the CD, shame 'cause it just seems that kernel and the file type just don't work for you, I'm sorry I can't help any further.

    The only thing I can offer here is run in ext3 which I know is no good for you


  • #5
    Stky10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Stky10


    infoTurtle wrote: »
    The only thing I can offer here is run in ext3 which I know is no good for you

    I'm thinking I'll backup the partition and try and do an upgrade if I get bored some evening, and if it doesn't work, just do a restore.


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