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Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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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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Really. It takes maybe 1/4 of a second for it to load the kernel from |
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/boot. After that, it may not read /boot again until you boot back up |
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the next day. So, 1/4 of a second per boot is very little. The only |
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other time /boot is used is when you update grub or your kernel. That |
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is maybe a 1 or 2 second write, if that much. Even if you |
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hibernate/sleep/reboot a few times a day, it is still read very little. |
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That is pretty much irrelevant. |
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Me, I have always put ext2 on /boot. I just don't see much need in |
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anything fancy for something that is used so seldom plus everything is |
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likely stored somewhere else anyway. The kernel should be in the kernel |
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source directory and a emerge of grub would restore everything else |
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except the config. Not much to lose there. |
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< shrugs > |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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