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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: ext4/ext3 for /boot?
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:42:40
Message-Id: j99for$4mq$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ext4/ext3 for /boot? by Michael Mol
1 On 11/07/2011 09:32 PM, Michael Mol wrote:
2 > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Alan McKinnon<alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> ext2/3/4 are all backwards compatible. ext4 does have a certain feature
4 >> (I forget what) that once used breaks this compatibility but you are
5 >> highly, highly unlikely to ever do that on /boot.
6 >
7 > "Extents," I believe. But I don't know exactly what that means, or
8 > when it comes into play.
9
10 Works just fine with extents too. At least Grub as included in Portage
11 (it contains patches that add support for ext4.)