[SOLVED] PPv4: Use ext3 and ext4 partitions

[winestock]

I would like to create a two partition install where the ext3 partition only contains /boot and the ext4 partition contains everything else. Can I use these instructions, in regard to the PPv4 u-boot: viewtopic.php?t=1325.

Or can I just use a ext4 partiton to boot off of for the PPv4?

[moonman]

Yes you can do dual partition. PPv4 likely doesn't have ext4 support, so you will have to use dual-partition setup.

[winestock]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', 'Y')es you can do dual partition. PPv4 likely doesn't have ext4 support, so you will have to use dual-partition setup.

[WarheadsSE]

Doesn't work that way.

sda1 will need to be the boot partition, sda2 the rootfs.

sda2 mounted as /
sda1 mounted as /boot/

[winestock]

Thanks, I really appreciate the feedback.

[winestock]

Having an issue getting this working. Here is what I did:
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Created two partitions, the first ext3, the second partition ext4. Both primary linux type.

Format the first partiton using mke2fs -j, the second using mkfs.ext4 -j -t ext4. Both are journaled.

Install arm linux on ext4 partition. Left the hostname as alarm and DHCP.

Copy /boot/uImage from ext4 partition to ext3 partition.

Delete /boot/uImage from ext4 partition.

Added the following to /etc/fstab on ext4 partition:
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/dev/sda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
/dev/sda2 / ext4 noatime 0 1
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When I go to boot I get a green flashing light for a few seconds, the green light goes solid. When I go to look for the device on my router DHCP list, alarm is nowhere to be found. By the way, I tried both ways of listing /dev/sda1 and /dev/sd2 in /etc/fstab and I get the same result.

What have I missed here?

[WarheadsSE]

There are changes that needed to be made to the uboot as well, so that it knows the rootfs is not /dev/sda1

[winestock]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'T')here are changes that needed to be made to the uboot as well, so that it knows the rootfs is not /dev/sda1

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('winestock', 'A')lso, will I need to create a symbolic link for /boot on the ext4 partition that points to /boot on the ext3 partition?

[winestock]

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')Looking at the last lines of ppv4-install.sh, I don't think so. It seems like you have to use blparam and maybe change alarm_which to include sda2 instead of sda1.