slackware 12.1 + 256 byte inode ext3 partition + grub

July 2, 2008 at 10:11 | Posted in Guides | Leave a comment
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get grub patch

get grub source

(be sure to change device name appropriately in the grub-install line)

tar -xvvf grub-0.97.tar.gz

patch --verbose < grub-support-256byte-inode.diff
>grub-0.97/stage2/fsys_ext2fs.c

cd grub-0.97

./configure

make

sudo make install

sudo grub-install /dev/hdx

sudo update-grub

/boot/grub/menu.lst template:
(be sure to use actual kernel image and not the symlink at /boot/vmlinuz)

title Slackware
kernel (hd0,3)/boot/vmlinuz-huge-smp-2.6.24.5-smp root=/dev/hda4 ro vga=791
savedefault
boot

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