ext4 prtition from linux mint19 32bit
by bjh from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5CV8W)
Hi,
I have had a bit of a love affair going with Mint Linux 19 lately. I have an old 32 bit HP NC6310 laptop however, that does not run particularly well under Mint19, the 32 bit variant ended with Mint 19 also. On a recent update, the boot sequence seems to have been corrupted and this laptop no longer boots to Mint. I can boot it from the live Mint19 CD and demonstrate that all the hardware works just fine, and I got my files off safely. I conclude that the issue is with the boot sequence.
This machine ran very well for several years under Precise Puppy 5.7.1, when WinXP got upset with me, so I thought I'd load PP5.7.1 again instead. I ran the liveCD of PP5.7.1 and all worked according to plan but I could not mount the SDA1 drive to the system. Mint left it as an ext4 system and gParted confirms that it looks healthy.
Googling around, I see Puppy is supposed to work with ext4 but I realize that PP5.7.1 isn't the latest one.
So here is my question: Does PP5.7.1 support ext4?
Thanks,
Brian H.
Uxbridge Ont.
I have had a bit of a love affair going with Mint Linux 19 lately. I have an old 32 bit HP NC6310 laptop however, that does not run particularly well under Mint19, the 32 bit variant ended with Mint 19 also. On a recent update, the boot sequence seems to have been corrupted and this laptop no longer boots to Mint. I can boot it from the live Mint19 CD and demonstrate that all the hardware works just fine, and I got my files off safely. I conclude that the issue is with the boot sequence.
This machine ran very well for several years under Precise Puppy 5.7.1, when WinXP got upset with me, so I thought I'd load PP5.7.1 again instead. I ran the liveCD of PP5.7.1 and all worked according to plan but I could not mount the SDA1 drive to the system. Mint left it as an ext4 system and gParted confirms that it looks healthy.
Googling around, I see Puppy is supposed to work with ext4 but I realize that PP5.7.1 isn't the latest one.
So here is my question: Does PP5.7.1 support ext4?
Thanks,
Brian H.
Uxbridge Ont.