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On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 09:26:50PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> ext2/3/4 are all backwards compatible. ext4 does have a certain feature |
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> (I forget what) that once used breaks this compatibility but you are |
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> highly, highly unlikely to ever do that on /boot. |
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> The benefits of ext3/4 are irrelevant for /boot anyway - that |
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> filesystem is write-seldom, read ever so slightly more often. |
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Really? I put my PC into power saving mode before going to bed each |
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evening. The PC needs to read /boot to return to normal operation. |
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> -- |
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> Alan McKinnnon |
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> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). |
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