Re: LVM root?
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On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:44:02AM -0400, dtutty@porchlight.ca wrote:
> Sorry Len for the off-list post. Wrong 'to', no excuses.
> Doug.
>
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:11:19AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 07:14:01PM -0400, dtutty@porchlight.ca wrote:
> > > Are there other issues in choosing ext3 vs jfs?
> >
> > You might be able to install to JFS, but I am fairly sure you can't boot
> > from JFS, so using JFS for / (I still don't see the point of a fancy
> > filesystem for an almost static small filesystem) requires using a
> > seperate /boot with ext2 or ext3 anyhow. Why not just have ext3 on /
> > and use JFS if you feel like it for the other volumes?
> >
>
> Yes you can boot directly to JFS, have done it for a while now. Rock
> solid, even full filesystem checks are quite fast (which I think was one
> of the design criteria) and since I live in the country with no UPS,
> power-failure reslilience is an issue (I know, not only should I buy two
> disks, but a UPS as well).
>
> JFS is also faster (very noticible on a 486, I'm sure less so on an
> Athlon).
i personaly use xfs...though for /boot (/ is on lvm), i use ext3...
(historically grub couldn't read xfs and why change...)
besides, i can mount /boot with journal=data (and most of the time ro)
(performance does not count for /boot i think)
so a fs corruption for /boot is unlikly
yours
albert
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Albert Dengg <a_d@gmx.at>
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