Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Ext4 for a new installation?

2009-02-15 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
Or would I be better off using ext3 and converting it to ext4 in a month or two? Are there any downsides to converting a fs from ext3 to ext4 in this way? The downsides are that you'll end up with missing ext4 features that will only apply to newly created files after the conversion. I

[gentoo-user] Re: Ext4 for a new installation?

2009-02-01 Thread Stroller
On 2 Feb 2009, at 04:33, Stroller wrote: ... As long as I use 2.6.28 when I install I don't think there should be anything that is incompatible with ext4?? I should have added: I plan to use ext3 for my boot partition. Cheers, Stroller.

[gentoo-user] Re: Ext4 for a new installation?

2009-02-01 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Stroller wrote: For more funroll-loopiness I contemplate using ext4 for the new system I'm about to install. Anyone know of any LiveCDs that would support this? Yep, SystemRescueCD supports it: http://www.sysresccd.org It's even Gentoo-based, what a deal! ;) I _think_ it should be just

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Ext4 for a new installation?

2009-02-01 Thread Stroller
On 2 Feb 2009, at 04:50, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Stroller wrote: For more funroll-loopiness I contemplate using ext4 for the new system I'm about to install. Anyone know of any LiveCDs that would support this? Yep, SystemRescueCD supports it: http://www.sysresccd.org It's even