Re: which to use: ext3, JFS, XFS, ReiserFS? [Was: new user question:
On 2008-01-18T14:05:25-0800, Alvin Oga wrote:
> > > (8) Is there any advantage to using ext2 for /boot rather than ext3?
>
> no to either
> /boot should not be a single partition by itself..
> it is part of /bin, /lib, /sbin /etc ... which is the rootfs
>
> even if /boot is fine, if your "rootfs" is corrupt, you can't boot
> so there is no point to separating /boot ... we'll leave network boot,
> boooting off cd, and booting off usb stick for another ballgame
Your analysis is correct. The only reason for having /boot on a
separate partition is as a work-around for the (historical) 1024
cylinders / 504 MB limits of IDE.
/Allan
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