On Wednesday 08 May 2013 07:44:48 Roger Leigh wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 11:20:07AM +0000, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > > Doing a test install of Wheezy. I am used to having a separate /boot > > partition at the beginning of the disk and everything else in a LVM > > partition. I noticed Wheezy wants to make everything ext4 by default > > now, so I assume it is beyond the extended testing stage and can be > > relied on. But... what about /boot? > > > > Should I have my /boot partition as ext4 as well or should I make it ext3 > > or even ext2? And why? As this is just a test I am going forward with > > ext4 but I would like to get your input. > > You don't need a separate /boot, and you haven't needed it for some > years. > > With current GRUB and initramfs, you can boot directly from LVM, or > LVM on RAID. You can certainly use ext4 on it as well, though you > can continue to use ext3 or even ext2. But it's all quite > unnecessary! You can just have a single root filesystem including > /boot on LVM, and it will just work. You can of course have a > separate /boot LV or /boot partition, but it's not at all required. > > If you aren't using an initramfs, then you will still need a /boot > partition outside of LVM. But that's not the default. > > > Regards, > Roger
If it is just a test go ahead without /boot partition and whatever else you like to try. For a production system besides considering "whatever works" I would also consider how much effort and time I would have to invest if something goes wrong. How fast can I have the system back online and in a usable state. That may totally change the picture. Murphy's law: If you provide for two different ways in which something may fail it will fail in a third and totally unforseen way. Kind regards Eike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201305080929.43383.zp6...@gmx.net
