Am Freitag, 17. August 2018, 07:55:57 CEST schrieb Dale: > Marc Joliet wrote: > > Am Freitag, 10. August 2018, 04:46:17 CEST schrieb Dale: [...] > >> I did think about btrfs. I've read a lot of threads on here about > >> people using it and it seems to have come a long ways and be pretty > >> stable. Right now, I've got a lot going on and really don't have the > >> time to sit down and read up on it and how it works or what all it can > >> do. In all honesty, if my system were to crash later when I don't have > >> so much going on, I'd like to move to btrfs for as much as possible of > >> my system. > > > > Yeah, it's a good idea to wait until you have time :) . And then migrate > > piecemeal, not all at once. Following up on Wol's suggestion, I would > > start with the backup drive, since you can exploit most of the features > > there (well, snapshots and compression, at least). Personally, I've had > > mostly good experience with btrfs and enjoy its send/receive feature for > > full-system incremental backups. > > > >> I suspect /boot would still have to be ext2 or something > >> because of grub. > > > > GRUB actually supports btrfs. However, on a UEFI system you will need a > > FAT32 file system for /boot, so I would argue that on a relatively recent > > system the issue is moot. > > Yea, time is even more limited now. My Mom is still in the hospital > about a hour away. I'm not supposed to visit people there, and other > places where a lot of sick people can be, but it's my Mom. I went > twice. The morning after the second visit, I was at the Doctors > office. Now I'm sick. Luckily, the meds are working. Thing is, I > don't feel like messing with computer stuff right now. Even cooking a > meal is not so interesting. I can't taste or smell anyway. So, it may > be a while before I get the time to deal with any of this. I would > likely not learn anything about a new file system even if I read it more > than once. I'm even avoiding updates just to prevent anything from > going sideways. I wonder, how many times will I proof and edit this > email????
In that case I wish you both a speedy recovery! It's not like the technology will run away from you, anyway. > I thought I read Grub, the new version, supported more file systems. > Still, just for safety, I'd likely still use ext2. There's a lot of new > stuff out there. Just tons of options. > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) Greetings -- Marc Joliet -- "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup
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