> BUT, /boot is kinda critical (thus "ext2 is simpler"), BUT "data > journaled" actually might be most sensible for /boot - ext3/4 by > default (AIUI) only journals metadata, so that the fs is at least > readable/ sane from kernel perspective, but when booting, we REALLY > want sane data to be read, no?
I suggest: mkfs /dev/<my-boot-partition> It's really not worth spending much time deciding which file-system is best for this partition. Stefan