[pkg-fso-maint] install.sh: creates ext3 fs by default but forces rootfstype=ext2?

[Sebastian Reichel]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 03:13:36PM +0200, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote:
> install.sh creates an ext3 file system by default but forces
> rootfstype=ext2. This is a bug, right?

The rootfstype enforcement was to make sure, that the
ext4 driver is not used for the ext2/3 rootfs.

IIRC there was a bug in the ext4 driver, which made the system
unbootable if one had a cyclic symlink (e.g. /boot/boot -> /boot).

I guess it should be ok to set rootfstype=ext3 or remove
it (which would remove ootb support for old kernels).

-- Sebastian
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