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On 02/10/05, Alec Warner <warnera6@×××××××.edu> wrote: |
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> Chris Bainbridge wrote: |
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> > On 02/10/05, R Hill <dirtyepic.sk@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >>I still think it's retarded to have a reiser 4 boot partition, but |
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> >>whatever stirs your pot. ;P |
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> > It makes sense if you're actually using reiser4 for everything else. |
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> > Why bloat your kernel with an extra FS just for /boot? |
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> Because most people want a tried and true fs on /boot, because if that |
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> tanks your system doesn't boot. I'm not trying to bash reiser here, I |
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> still use ext2 on /boot even if xfs is my main fs of choice for this reason. |
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Being able to boot a kernel isn't much use without a root fs. If I |
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can't boot, I have a livecd sitting on my desk. I guess if I had a |
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ramdisk on /boot with a shell and some recovery tools then I might |
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care, but I don't. |
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