A few ext4 questions

[dibl]

Re: A few ext4 questions

I like to be able to edit files on my other distros. I always keep at least two distros installed at all times just for this purpose.

Solution = JJ + sidux

[Detonate]

Re: A few ext4 questions

I might just try that.

[jglen490]

Re: A few ext4 questions

Kernel 2.6.27, and some previous versions, address ext4, but full support has not been in the kernel until more recently -- AFAIK 2.6.28 was the first with full support. So *buntus before JJ are simply bound by the fact that the kernel didn't/doesn't work with ext4 -- on purpose.

So if you plan on having both JJ and some previous release, don't use ext4 on a jointly used/mounted partition. Of course, if you are adventurous, you could compile a 2.6.28+ kernel for HH or II, but really it doesn't matter .

[Detonate]

Re: A few ext4 questions

You know, after sitting here and thinking about it, I think I will just reinstall JJ with ext3.

[Fintan]

Re: A few ext4 questions

You know, after sitting here and thinking about it, I think I will just reinstall JJ with ext3.

As I have a similar situation (read above) why not try a samba share solution?

It works fine with vmware-> winxp-> guest and jj.

I will try that between my II and JJ -> ext4 partition.

[Detonate]

Re: A few ext4 questions

Certainly worth a try. Eager to hear how it works out. Be a real challenge for me, because my Samba skills are nearly zero, as I use NFS for all my networking. No Windows machines on my network to keep those samba skills up.

[jglen490]

Re: A few ext4 questions

There's probably nothing wrong with ext4 and there's probably nothing wrong with the (ever so slightly) older kernels. But like everything else timing is everything. If you really need to have two different Kubuntu distros sit side by side, just set up your partitions so that any shared data uses the lowest common denominator filesystem and that the older distro doesn't need to mount the ext4 partition.

I'm no samba expert, but it seems like if Linux needs to use a filesystem even through samba, it needs to be mounted, unless I'm misunderstanding the stated solution.

[Pillage Idiot]

Re: A few ext4 questions

Samba might be an option from a vm, but otherwise if it is on the same machine there will be no samba server to serve the data to a samba client.

I had another interesting issue the other night.
I tried to install JJ on my lounge pc, to dual boot with Windows XP.
I was installing to a separate physical drive, which may be why the install failed.
The raid volume was not set as boot.
However, when I booted back to XP I got through the login and window and then repeated bsod, even booting into safe mode.
I used a live disk to remove the ext4 partitions and everything went back to normal.
So, I am thinking that ext4 is not going to play nice in a dual boot scenario.

Any comments? I may be way off track there.

[dibl]

Re: A few ext4 questions

Samba has always been a good option to support my Win XP VM -- it lets me copy files between the Linux side and the Windows side on the same computer, or to the other Windows computer on my little home LAN.

However, there's currently some problem with the connectivity to the VM on my 9.04 installation. Since 9.04 is still pre-release, I haven't invested any time chasing the problem, but the VM opens with "Bridged network is down" errors, and there's no connectivity, even though the samba daemon is running. Just to give fair warning ...

[Detonate]

Re: A few ext4 questions

Since this discussion began, I did reinstall JJ with ext3 and everything is working great. I tried to do a windows install in virtualbox, but I discovered virtualbox does not recognise my sata hard drives. Will try VMWare next.