GRUB2.00 recognizes ext4 as ext2
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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grub2 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
GRUB2.00 recognizes ext4 as ext2. Extract of the log on http://
#grub-install -v
grub-install (GRUB) 2.00-7ubuntu11
#grub-install --force /dev/sda4
/usr/sbin/
/usr/sbin/
Installation finished. No error reported.
#parted -l
Model: ATA Hitachi HTS54502 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 20.5kB 210MB 210MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot
2 210MB 193GB 192GB hfs+ Customer
3 193GB 193GB 650MB hfs+ Recovery HD
4 193GB 203GB 9998MB ext4 LINUX
5 203GB 204GB 1073MB linux-swap(v1) UBUNTU 2
6 204GB 250GB 45.7GB ntfs BOOTCAMP
Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.
Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label
This is normal. ext3 and ext4 are effectively ext2 with additional features enabled. Grub does not differentiate.