Bug#585659: extlinux --install doesn't work on virtio device

2010-06-12 Thread Michael Goetze
On 06/12/2010 10:42 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote: syslinux 4.0 pre-releases which add support for ext4 and btrfs are currently in release-candidate state and hopefully be released soon. Thanks for the quick response - maybe you could consider a 4.0rc package for experimental? -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Bug#585659: extlinux --install doesn't work on virtio device

2010-06-12 Thread Daniel Baumann
retitle 585659 extlinux 3.x doesn't support ext4 severity 585659 wishlist tag 585659 upstream tag 585659 pending thanks On 06/12/2010 10:33 PM, Michael Goetze wrote: > I wanted to test extlinux on a KVM virtual machine. It has one virtio > device /dev/vda, with a single ext4 partition /dev/vda1 wh

Bug#585659: extlinux --install doesn't work on virtio device

2010-06-12 Thread Michael Goetze
Package: extlinux Version: 2:3.86+dfsg-3 Severity: important I wanted to test extlinux on a KVM virtual machine. It has one virtio device /dev/vda, with a single ext4 partition /dev/vda1 which contains the entire filesystem. However: r...@sdtest:~# extlinux-install /dev/vda1 P: Searching for