Re: ext2 for /boot ??? -- WAS: Re: root on ZFS
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On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 04:01:10AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 11/09/18 22:48, Matthew Crews wrote:
> > My recommendation is to use a separate /boot partition and make it EXT2.
>
> Why not at least ext3? I don't baulk at ext4 btw for /boot -- I can
> never understand why ext2 is recommended when ext4 gives no trouble and
> has other advantages, even ext3 has journaling that ext2 does not.
FWIW I tend to use ext4 without journal. And since the questions have
come up in this thread...
- why no journal?
It takes up space; it adds complexity. And it won't
be there when you most need it anyway -- i.e. when
GRUB tries to access it.
But these are my two cent and mine alone. You can
have 'em if you don't complain :-)
The other tendency here "ext2 is very old, don't use it" -- hm. I think
this is exaggerated. Ext2 is fine and stable for this use, and I don't
see any downsides (yet). Perhaps the day file system code gets significant
strengthening against malformed FS images, and *if* ext2 is left behind
in that effort... but it seems we're not there yet.
Cheers
- -- t
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