Re: filesystem Qs

Just because grub will do other fs types, doesn't mean you should. I've
seen more than 1 recommendation that one should stick to ext2 for the
/boot partition. This is because if rescue is needed, nearly everybody
(that counts anyway) talks to ext2. est3 was also considered good too
because it can be mounted ext2.

I seem to remember that back in the 2.2 kernel days, 35MB was pretty
common for a boot partition. It seemed to start growing in the 2.4 days
and now seems to be about 100MB. We also used to be able to have a
bootable kernel on a floppy.

Of course we all know that you Debian users are ... (excuse me while I
pull on my flame retardant shorts) .. are still back in the 20th century
:-).

Jim

Fielder George Dowding wrote:

>Thanks Kevin,
>
>When I was adhering to the doctrinally correct partitioning plan, I
>would make a /boot partition fairly small. I don't remember, but I
>suppose it was considerably less than 100 MB. Now, I have all but
>abandoned my former theological position regarding partitioning for a
>simple / and /home. I have a couple of reinstalls to accomplish so maybe
>I will try reiserfs or one of the others again. fgd.
>
>Kevin Miller wrote:
>
>
>>Fielder George Dowding wrote:
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>>>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 use grub, and have my /boot partition on ext2. The rest is on rieser
>>(using SuSE). To use a journaling fs the partition needs to be at least
>>100 MB to make room for the journal or the install routine complains.
>>That may be what you're bumping into with Debian, but it's just not
>>explaining it as clearly as the SuSE install routine does. I didn't
>>want to burn that much space so I set the /boot partition to ext2 and it
>>works a treat...
>>
>>
>>
>>...Kevin
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