On 11/09/2018 00.07, Anton Aylward wrote:
Why did I use Ext4? Well it is built into the kernel. I can load it without any modules. But as far as I'm concerned its a bloody awful FS. That division between inode space and data space goes back to the beginning of the 1970s as far as UNIX files systems go, and that tradition goes back further to the 1950s. With a Btree FS, which Ext4 claims to be, it is a stupid anachronism. No such division exists in BtrFS. Not in XFS, JSF or ReiserFS. Check their dates. What I really should have done is remake the kernel with ext4 as a module and JFS or XFS built in and made that to RootFS instead of ext4. But really: I've got better things to do with my time. Heck, if that was an option for me I'd use Reiser4 instead and build a kernel for that.
You could use XFS instead. But then, you might need a separate /boot partition. However, I think that ext4 is easier to repair, more resilient and robust for "/". Just a baseless, gut feeling ;-) The fact is, I haven't had a problem with ext4 on / in a decade at least. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 15.0 (Legolas)) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org