Re: XFS on root
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- Subject: Re: XFS on root
- From: Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net>
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 14:36:25 +0300
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On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 15:17:43 +0100 <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
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> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 05:34:18PM +0300, Adam Wilson wrote:
> > On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:56:59 +0100 Saša Janiška <gour@atmarama.com>
> > wrote:
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> > > Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> writes:
> > >
> > > > My solution to this (because XFS is my favourite filesystem
> > > > next to ReiserFS) has been to use ext2 for /boot and XFS for /
> > > > and /home. I can confirm this configuration works tickety-boo-
> > > > I use it on my Jessie box at the moment.
> > >
> > > That's really strange to hear since I do not have separate /boot
> > > and / is subvolume (@) and no problem booting it.
> >
> > Let me get this straight- /boot on XFS, with GRUB, working
> > flawlessly?
>
> I'm neither the OP nor have I actually tried it. But *in theory*
> (yeah, famous last words), there is a grub module "xfs.mod", which at
> least hints at grub understanding XFS. So it really might work.
I wouldn't risk it, personally. I've heard horror stories about GRUB on
XFS.
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