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On Thu, 2007-21-06 at 22:48 -0500, Default User wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Thanks to Mr. Gray, Mr Richter, and Mr. Lockwood for the advice. Just</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">one question, though. Why would a separate /boot partition be ext2</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(non-journaled) rather than ext3 (journaled). Wouldn't ext3 be more</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">robust? </FONT>
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I don't think so, really. You don't often write to the /boot partition. You read from it lots. Why waste the journal space?<BR>
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<B>Michael T. Richter</B> <<A HREF="mailto:ttmrichter@gmail.com">ttmrichter@gmail.com</A>> (<B>GoogleTalk:</B> ttmrichter@gmail.com)<BR>
<I>All really first class designers are both artists, engineers, and men of a powerful and intolerant temper, quick to resist the least modification of the plans, energetic in fighting the least infringement upon what they regard as their own sphere of action. (Nevil Shute)</I>
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