On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 06:48:31PM +0300, Adam Wilson wrote:
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> Exactly. The reason I don't use ext4 for /boot, but ext2 is that I
> simply don't see the need for journalling in a partition that sees only
> occasional writes.
>
> I don't really want journalling for /boot, because it's largely
>
On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 07:09:00 -0300 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI
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> Darac Marjal wrote:
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> > >Why use Ext2 and not Ext 3 or 4 for /boot?
> >
> > I believe the reasoning is to keep /boot as simple and as robust as
> > possible. ext3 and ext4 are, while mostly
On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 09:52:12 +
Darac Marjal wrote:
> >Why use Ext2 and not Ext 3 or 4 for /boot?
>
> I believe the reasoning is to keep /boot as simple and as robust as
> possible. ext3 and ext4 are, while mostly compatible with ext2, not as
> well supported. There are third-party drivers
On Wed, Mar 02, 2016 at 08:52:23AM +0100, Albin Otterhäll wrote:
On 02/27/2016 06:16 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
[---] use ext2 for /boot [---]
Why use Ext2 and not Ext 3 or 4 for /boot?
I believe the reasoning is to keep /boot as simple and as robust as
possible. ext3 and ext4 are, while mostly
On 02/03/16 20:37, jdd wrote:
> Le 02/03/2016 03:10, Richard Hector a écrit :
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>> I think that's two different things. The "cannot install grub
>> into an XFS partition" quote is about where grub lives - normally
>> in the MBR, but possibly in a partition (but not if it's XFS).
>
> is this still
On 02/27/2016 06:16 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
> [---] use ext2 for /boot [---]
Why use Ext2 and not Ext 3 or 4 for /boot?
Le 02/03/2016 03:10, Richard Hector a écrit :
I think that's two different things. The "cannot install grub into an
XFS partition" quote is about where grub lives - normally in the MBR,
but possibly in a partition (but not if it's XFS).
is this still important with UEFI? Binary grub.efi is now
On 02/03/16 00:33, Adam Wilson wrote:
>> "As we all know, you cannot install grub into an XFS partition because
>> > the XFS superblock is in sector 0 of the partition."
> I'm pretty sure this only holds true for LILO now, according to the
> official XFS FAQ
> (http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_D
On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 15:17:43 +0100 wrote:
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> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 05:34:18PM +0300, Adam Wilson wrote:
> > On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:56:59 +0100 Saša Janiška
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> > > Adam Wilson writes:
> > >
> > > > My solution to this (because
On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:19:07 +0100 Saša Janiška
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> Adam Wilson writes:
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> > Let me get this straight- /boot on XFS, with GRUB, working
> > flawlessly?
>
> No, but root under btrfs without extra /boot works.
>
> Here is my simplified /etc/fstab:
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> # / was on /dev/sda3 during installa
On Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:28:57 -0600 Glenn Holmer
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> On 02/28/2016 01:31 PM, mj wrote:
> > On 02/28/2016 03:34 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
> >> Let me get this straight- /boot on XFS, with GRUB, working
> >> flawlessly?
> >
> > I think we have been running root xfs, without a seperate boot
> > pa
On 02/28/2016 01:31 PM, mj wrote:
> On 02/28/2016 03:34 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
>> Let me get this straight- /boot on XFS, with GRUB, working flawlessly?
>
> I think we have been running root xfs, without a seperate boot partition
> for ages. This has been working at least since wheezy, but I guess
On 02/28/2016 03:34 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
Let me get this straight- /boot on XFS, with GRUB, working flawlessly?
I think we have been running root xfs, without a seperate boot partition
for ages. This has been working at least since wheezy, but I guess even
earlier.
Just try it.
Adam Wilson writes:
> Let me get this straight- /boot on XFS, with GRUB, working flawlessly?
No, but root under btrfs without extra /boot works.
Here is my simplified /etc/fstab:
# / was on /dev/sda3 during installation
/dev/sda3 / btrfs noatime,autodefrag,compress-force=lzo,subvo
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On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 05:34:18PM +0300, Adam Wilson wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:56:59 +0100 Saša Janiška
> wrote:
>
> > Adam Wilson writes:
> >
> > > My solution to this (because XFS is my favourite filesystem next to
> > > ReiserFS) has been
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 23:56:59 +0100 Saša Janiška
wrote:
> Adam Wilson writes:
>
> > My solution to this (because XFS is my favourite filesystem next to
> > ReiserFS) has been to use ext2 for /boot and XFS for / and /home. I
> > can confirm this configuration works tickety-boo- I use it on my
> >
David Christensen writes:
> Been there, done that, and lost data. If you can't afford 2 @ 2 TB
> disks right now, get a replacement 1 TB disk until you can.
Thanks for sharing...well, I'll use 2TB disk in the btrfs mirror with
old 1TB disk and the remaining space use for partion along with
rsync
Adam Wilson writes:
> My solution to this (because XFS is my favourite filesystem next to
> ReiserFS) has been to use ext2 for /boot and XFS for / and /home. I
> can confirm this configuration works tickety-boo- I use it on my
> Jessie box at the moment.
That's really strange to hear since I do
David Christensen writes:
> Yes -- checking my notes, it looks like btrfs on /boot breaks
> install-grub (in the installer), but ext4 on /boot and btrfs on /
> works.
On my Sid, I use btrfs and / and /home are subvolumes and no problems at
all booting it.
Sincerely,
Gour
--
For him who has c
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:09:09 -0800 David Christensen
wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 11:11:17AM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> > I found that the Wheezy installer offers btrfs (xfs also?), but only
> > boots ext[234]
>
> On 02/26/2016 11:24 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > My wheezy box has an ext4
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 11:11:17AM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
I found that the Wheezy installer offers btrfs (xfs also?), but only
boots ext[234]
On 02/26/2016 11:24 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
My wheezy box has an ext4 /boot and a btrfs /. No problems booting
that.
Yes -- checking my notes,
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 11:11:17AM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> On 02/26/2016 07:40 AM, Saša Janiška wrote:
>
> >I plan to
> >buy a new 2TB disk and the old 1TB disk use as additional storage, but
> >this time to put XFS (under lvm2) on all disks (my desktop has UPS
> >unit), but wonder what
On 02/26/2016 07:40 AM, Saša Janiška wrote:
at the moment I use 2x1TB disks in btrfs raid1 array, but one disk is
failing/dying and not having enough money for two 2TB disks,
Been there, done that, and lost data. If you can't afford 2 @ 2 TB
disks right now, get a replacement 1 TB disk until
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