diff --git a/content/faq/_index.md b/content/faq/_index.md index 1786711..40337ce 100644 --- a/content/faq/_index.md +++ b/content/faq/_index.md @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ icon = 'clanbomber'
  • Which window managers can I use?
  • Where are my LVM devices?
  • Where are my Software-RAID devices?
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  • Why does my XFS v4 filesystems not mount?
  • Which ways exist to boot Grml?
  • How do I configure timezone on my Grml system?
  • Is it possible to install Grml to harddisk?
  • @@ -249,6 +250,16 @@ To get access to present SW-RAID devices execute: If you want to enable SW-RAID by default just boot using the `swraid` [boot option](#bootoptions) which enables automatic assembling of software raid arrays. +

    Why does my XFS v4 filesystems not mount?

    + +XFS filesystems created as version 4 are [deprecated in the Linux kernel since commit f69260511c69](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f69260511c69). + +As Grml uses the Linux kernel unchanged from Debian, this means XFS v4 filesystems cannot be mounted anymore since Linux kernel 6.18, which corresponds to Grml 2026.04. + +If you have such an old filesystem, you can try to use an older Grml release, for example Grml 2025.12. + +See [Debian bug #1126710](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1126710) for details. +

    Which ways exist to boot Grml?