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by denise gant on Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:32 pm
why is the boot file system ext2 and the root ext3?
Is it just a preference
Is it just a preference
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Re: /boot
by jeff clark on Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:29 pm
My understanding is that because ext3 is a journaled filesystem, it takes more time writing to disk because it's got to update the journal before writing the file. It also reserves space on disk for the journal.
A dedicated /boot partition which consists of files like the kernel and supporting config files which are rarely (if ever) written don't need the overhead of a journaled system, so a simpler system like ext2 is sufficient.
A dedicated /boot partition which consists of files like the kernel and supporting config files which are rarely (if ever) written don't need the overhead of a journaled system, so a simpler system like ext2 is sufficient.
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Re: /boot
by denise gant on Sun Oct 12, 2008 10:38 pm
Makes sense...
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Re: /boot
by Tim Childers on Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:31 am
The ext3 allows for journaled filesystem, thus it take more time to write and more space.
On the /boot this or more static files meaning they are not going to change sp much, so the journaled is not needed.
On the /boot this or more static files meaning they are not going to change sp much, so the journaled is not needed.
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Re: /boot
by Tim Childers on Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:32 am
The ext3 allows for journaled filesystem, thus it take more time to write and more space.
On the /boot this or more static files meaning they are not going to change so much, so the journaled is not needed.
On the /boot this or more static files meaning they are not going to change so much, so the journaled is not needed.
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