On Wed, 2 Mar 2016 09:52:12 +0000
Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> 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, for example, that don't
> know about the journal of ext3 or the extents of ext4. And besides,
> these take up unnecessary space on a file system which is only written
> to, say, once every few months.
>
> Ext2 provides a balance between features (i.e. being sufficiently UNIX-y
> (which FAT isn't)), and simplicity.
Not to mention that, given the rarity of changes in /boot, a journalling FS may
not be really useful...
Cheers,
Ron.
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