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

[Nate Duehr]

No, ext3 has three different journaling modes.  Only the ordered-data mode
is able to be used on the root file system, but ext3 root is done by default
now on a number of Linux distributions... most notably RedHat.

Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Gilmore" <agilmore at uc.usbr.gov>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 9:49 AM
Subject: ext3 root? was Re: [lug] XFS filesystem core code goes into AC
series


>
>
> 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
>
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