[CLUE-Tech] Re: Converting ext2 to ext3

[Matt Armstrong]

"Warren" <warren at guano.org> writes:

> Michael James Robbert <mrobbert at MINES.EDU> wrote:
>
>  > ...can you boot from ext3 with another bootloader like lilo or GRUB.
>
> Yes, it boots with GRUB.
>
> GRUB is installed to /boot.
>
> I tried using XOSL without a linux bootloader of any type installed and
> it barfed on that.

GRUB can handle ext3 /boot partitions because they are valid ext2
partitions when they are cleanly unmounted.

I'm not sure if GRUB can handle an ext3 boot partition that hasn't
been cleanly unmounted.  The Linux kernel itself refuses to mount such
"dirty" ext3 partitions as ext2.