On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 01:31, you wrote: > Thanx Brad! > > If it is better style, I'll consider a seperate /boot partition. By the > way, Google says that Grub supports ext3 as well as reiserfs. Could > anybody tell me what the advantages/ disadvantages of a 'journaling' > file system over ext2 are. And how compare reiserfs and ext3 to each > other? Which one should I go for (I use ext2 at the moment)?
I have ext2 for the /boot partition and xfs for / The xfs has been in use for about 9 months or so. It has needed repairing twice. The /var/run/ directory got corrupted on both occasions. I suspect a trojan of some sort but have no proof. xfs_repair fixed it up. xfs goes fast and apart form those 2 problems it has done what it claims to do. > Cheers, > Conrad. > > Brad Beveridge wrote: > >Safety - generally (under gentoo) /boot is not mounted, or only mounted > > RO. So you will always be able to boot. However, since I have > > (repeatedly) dumped bzImage files into /boot _without_ it being mounted, You will now find the bzImage files are in the / partition. > > I now mount my /boot partition in fstab. So much for safety. So I spose > > you can get away with a single partition, as long as your boot loader > > functions. What I mean, if you are using GRUB as a bootloader, your boot > > partition must be a filesystem it understands. Which is why I use ext2 for the /boot partition. As it is so small you really do not need journalling. > >Brad > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Conrad Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2003 11:57 p.m. > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: Test run for Gentoo install fest > >> > >> > >>What is the advantage of having a small boot partition. I > >>boot my Debian > >>system from a 5.4 GB partitions without any problems. > >> > >>Cheers, > >>Conrad. > >> > >>Brad Beveridge wrote: > >>>I began installing gentoo on a laptop last night, my partitions are > >>>/dev/hda1 - ntfs (gah) /dev/hda2 - ext3, boot region, 30Mb > >> > >>(only needs > >> > >>>to be large enough to fit 1 bzImage really) /dev/hda3 - > >> > >>500Mb swap (you > >> > >>>can use your Debian swap) /dev/hda4 - reiserfs for the rest. > >> > >> - reiser > >> > >>>or ext3 is reccommended > >>> > >>>Brad > >>> > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: Conrad Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Sent: Thursday, 26 June 2003 11:49 p.m. > >>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>Subject: Test run for Gentoo install fest > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Sorry, but I won't make it to the meeting on Monday. This is > >>>>particularly bad, because I won't be there for the test run of our > >>>>Gentoo install fest next Saturday. My laptop is booting > >>>>Nick's CD and I > >>>>can get my NIC working. Is there anything else that could > >> > >>go wrong or > >> > >>>>that I should check? > >>>> > >>>>Chris mentioned in one of his posts that 3 partitions are > >>>>needed for the > >>>>Gentoo install. What do they have to look like (size, type) > >>>>and what're > >>>>they used for. On my current Debian system I've 1 swap and > >> > >>1 ext2 (/) > >> > >>>>partition. For data I've got a FAT32 partition that I access > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>from Linux > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>and Windows. > >>>> > >>>>Cheers, > >>>>Conrad. -- -- C. S.
