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Stroller wrote: |
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> For more funroll-loopiness I contemplate using ext4 for the new system |
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> I'm about to install. |
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> Anyone know of any LiveCDs that would support this? |
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Yep, SystemRescueCD supports it: |
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http://www.sysresccd.org |
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It's even Gentoo-based, what a deal! ;) |
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> I _think_ it should be just a case of untarring the stage 3, chrooting |
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> in, updating everything to latest & reboot. As long as I use 2.6.28 when |
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> I install I don't think there should be anything that is incompatible |
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> with ext4?? |
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Just do whatever you would do with ext3. Nothing fancy required. Of |
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course fstab needs ext4, not ext3. |
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> Or would I be better off using ext3 and converting it to ext4 in a month |
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> or two? Are there any downsides to converting a fs from ext3 to ext4 in |
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> this way? |
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The downsides are that you'll end up with missing ext4 features that |
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will only apply to newly created files after the conversion. I |
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recommend to just be clean about it and use ext4 from the start. |
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