ext3 root? was Re: [lug] XFS filesystem core code goes into AC series

[Andrew Gilmore]

Nate Duehr wrote:
> Make sure to check out the different journaling modes on ext3 also.  I have
> seen reports on the web that using the Data: Journaled mode vs. Data:
> Ordered mode can increase performance (at only a slight loss of meta-data
> information) dramatically.
> 
> There were a couple of good articles on IBM's DeveloperWorks site about ext3
> a while back.  Good primer info.
> 
> I haven't had a chance to test the speed claims yet.  (And no, I won't take
> their word for it.  GRIN...)
> 
> And it can not be done on the root partition, so if you're a fan of "make
> the whole drive /" (I'm not, definitely.), you're out of luck.

Meaning you can't have ext3 on root? or XFS? I have several machines 
with ext3 root partitions. RH even makes that fairly easy. I am a fan of 
the make the whole drive /, but I'm not configuring servers. On a 
server, the answer is different.

Andrew