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From: malloc1337 <disquz@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /boot filesystem, SSDs, TRIM
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 23:43:55
Message-Id: 20180824234340.qoppgbdonqlpqhay@mm-no.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] /boot filesystem, SSDs, TRIM by Adam Carter
1 Thus spoke Adam Carter (adamcarter3@×××××.com):
2 > For a long time people recommended ext2 for /boot. The Gentoo wiki still
3 > does. Is there any compelling reason to use ext2 for /boot (on a system
4 > whose other filesystems are ext4) these days? AFAIK for systems that have
5 > /boot on an SSD, ext4 makes more sense due to discard support, and for
6 > non-SSD it doesn't matter either way. Have I missed something?
7
8 Why not just disable journaling on those partitions altogether?
9
10 # Delete has_journal option
11 tune2fs -O ^has_journal <your_boot_partition>
12
13 # Issue required fsck
14 e2fsck -f <your_boot_partition>
15
16 # Check fs options
17 dumpe2fs <your_boot_partition> | less
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19 malloc1337
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21 mailto: disquz@×××××.de