Bug 510634

I believe the fix is as simple as:

diff --git a/scripts/mk-images b/scripts/mk-images
index 48ba567..e6f1c05 100755
--- a/scripts/mk-images
+++ b/scripts/mk-images
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ USBMODS="ohci-hcd uhci-hcd ehci-hcd hid mousedev usb-storage sd_mod sr_mod ub"
 FIREWIREMODS="ieee1394 ohci1394 sbp2"
 IDEMODS="ide-cd ide-cs"
 SCSIMODS="sr_mod sg st sd_mod scsi_mod iscsi_tcp iscsi_ibft"
-FSMODS="fat msdos vfat ext3 ext4dev reiserfs jfs xfs gfs2 lock_nolock"
+FSMODS="fat msdos vfat ext3 ext4 reiserfs jfs xfs gfs2 lock_nolock"
 LVMMODS="dm-mod dm-zero dm-snapshot dm-mirror dm-multipath dm-round-robin dm-emc dm-crypt"
 RAIDMODS="md raid0 raid1 raid10 raid5 raid6 raid456 dm-raid45 dm-mem-cache dm-region_hash dm-message"
 SECSTAGE="$RAIDMODS $LVMMODS $FSMODS $IDEMODS $SCSIMODS"

Created attachment 351196 [details]
patch to fix support for ext4

The fix was slightly more complex than my original thought in comment 1.  Attached is a patch that also modifies loader2/loader.c

I tested it by building a custom initrd.img for RHEL 5.4 20090708.0 Xen x86_64 with:
1. the sbin/loader and sbin/init from the patched anaconda
2. the kernel modules ext4.ko, jbd2.ko, and crc16.ko from 2.6.18-157.el5xen x86_64
3. adding the following line to modules/modules.dep
     ext4: jbd2 crc16


With the above changes, Anaconda actually listed both ext4 and ext4dev.  I chose ext4 for the / partition and the installation succeeded.

ext4dev can probably be removed now.

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This will be available in anaconda-11.1.2.187-1.

With snap #3 and ext4 parameter I'm able to complete the install. However anaconda UI shows ext4 and ext4dev as available file systems. Shouldn't ext4dev be removed? What's the difference between both?

Good point, Alexander, I'm seeing the same thing (both ext4 and ext4dev options) in the filesystem choice drop down interface ... (using s390x with snap #3) ...

Joel has a patch in review to get rid of the rest of ext4dev - next snap

Verified on build RHEL5.4-Server-20090722.0, snapshot 4.

anaconda version: anaconda-11.1.2.190-1

Changing Bug to VERIFIED.

Event posted on 07-31-2009 02:35pm EDT by Glen Johnson

------- Comment From tdietter.com 2009-07-31 14:11 EDT-------
I am trying an install with snap4 using ext4 as the /boot fs.  I'm
getting a pop-up
window saying:

The following errors exist with your requested partitioning scheme.

Bootable partitions cannot be on an ext4 filesystem.

These errors must be corrected prior to continuing with your install of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server.

Is it true that ext4 is not supported for the /boot fs?  If so, where can
I find the
documentation to state exactly what is supported and what changes to
expect for
the ext4 filesystem?

Using ext4 as / and other filesystems seem to work fine.

Ticket type changed from 'Problem' to ''

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 issue 316140

(In reply to comment #15)
> 
> Is it true that ext4 is not supported for the /boot fs?  

Yes, grub can't read ext4 at present.

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-1306.html