From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sannikov Subject: Re: what is the fs type of root filesystem =?UTF-8?Q?=3F?= Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:51:15 +0400 Message-ID: <130950179aaa0cd1356dd6984d87ab47@cs.karelia.ru> References: <20130211063823.GA5824@debian.localdomain> <20130211162903.GW71256@thebe.jupiter.sigsegv.be> <20130211212638.GA2433@debian.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20130211212638.GA2433@debian.localdomain> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format="flowed" To: horseriver Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Kristof, bootloader read memory image from boot partition (usually it is same partition to root) and initiate work of kernel=20 from that image. After that kernel can work with any FS built-in in it's image. So your root file system will by any of supported by kernel, and your boot file system should be supported by bootloader. If you use one for boot and root - you should choose FS from=20 intersection of that sets. You can read more there:=20 http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linuxboot/index.html WBR, Alexander horseriver =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB 2013-02-12 01:26: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 05:29:03PM +0100, Kristof Provost wrote: >> On 2013-02-11 14:38:23 (+0800), horseriver =20 >> wrote: >> > root fs is ext3 or ext4 ? >> > >> That depends on what the installer chose. The kernel doesn't >> require the root to use any specific file system. > > thanks! > You mean a root filesystem will be installed on the harddisk when I > install kernel on it ? > >> >> Regards, >> Kristof >> > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe=20 > linux-newbie" 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.linux-learn.org/faqs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie"= 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.linux-learn.org/faqs