Re: filesystem Qs

Well, let me repeat, _Apparently_ grub ... needs ext3 .... At least my
last dozen or so Debian installs complained when I tried to use any
other file system for the boot partition.

I tried reiserfs, but got a complaint to the effect that grub may not be
able to boot. I tried xfs once with disastrous results. Maybe I did not
have my feet flat on the floor.

Dual booting to W98 is another matter. The stanza requires some special
incantation not used when booting to Linux. So tell me more. fgd.

Jim Gribbin wrote:
> grub doesn't need ext3. I've used it to boot ext2, ext3, xfs, reiser,
> fat32 and whatever W2000 uses for its initial boot. I thought it was
> ntfs, but that doesn't seem to be supported and I'm still booting fine.
> Didn't your Sony laptop use grub? You were dual booting w/ W98 (fat32).
>
>
> The following from : The grub manual
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Features>
>
> Support multiple filesystem types
> Support multiple filesystem types transparently, plus a useful
> explicit blocklist notation. The currently supported filesystem
> types are BSD FFS, DOS FAT16 and FAT32, Minix fs, Linux ext2fs,
> ReiserFS, JFS, XFS, and VSTa fs. See Filesystem
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Filesystem>, for
> more information.
>
> Jim
>
> Fielder George Dowding wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Bryan,
>>
>>I never use a non-journaling file system anymore. Apparently grub (the
>>grand unified boot 'thingy') needs ext3 (which is ext2 with a journal)
>>to reliably boot. At least my last dozen or so Debian installs
>>complained when I tried to use any other file system for the boot
>>partition. I like the reiserfs, but there are those around who swear by
>>xfs (the SGI offering). I have used it once, two or three harddisks ago
>>(or more). I have not tried jfs (the IBM offering), but I have heard
>>that it is solid.
>>
>>I find the ext2 based file system, which includes ext3, to be a pain
>>when it decides to check itself because it has been mounted more than 30
>>or so times. I generally shut down my equipment when I am done for the
>>session because a) I have four or five here at my home office and I have
>>to pay for the electricity, and b) the other three or four are at two
>>different offices and it is not good to leave them running and
>>unoccupied. So, every three weeks, or so, I get this delay whilst ext2
>>is checking itself.
>>
>>My experience with the reiserfs is pleasant. It formats fast and it
>>recovers fast. I cannot say anything about either xfs or jfs, but I hear
>>they are fast too. No, I will never, ever, knowingly, use a
>>non-journaling file system on one of my computers.
>>
>>fgd.
>>
>>bryanm@acsalaska.net wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I'm looking at filesystems to use on a couple new systems, and I came
>>>up with some questions for the list:
>>>
>>>1. Are there any reputable non-journaling filesystems used on Linux
>>> these days except for ext2?
>>>
>>>2. When repairing a filesystem by replaying a journal, does the time
>>> it takes depend on the amount of data in the filesystem, or just
>>> on the number of files?
>>>
>>>3. Is there any advantage to journaling filesystems other than the
>>> speed of recovery after a crash?
>>>
>>>I appreciate your collective wisdom.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Bryan Medsker
>>>bryanm@acsalaska.net
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>>
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