> BUT, /boot is kinda critical (thus "ext2 is simpler"), BUT "data
> journaled" actually might be most sensible for /boot - ext3/4 by
> default (AIUI) only journals metadata, so that the fs is at least
> readable/ sane from kernel perspective, but when booting, we REALLY
> want sane data to be read, no?
I suggest:
mkfs /dev/<my-boot-partition>
It's really not worth spending much time deciding which file-system is
best for this partition.
Stefan