Bruce, On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote: >> FAQ didn't answer my question and the mail archives once had questions >> and probably some answers but the links to them are broken so nothing >> was found. >> >> Is there any valid reason not to use ext4 in LFS? > > ext4 is fine. > >> The >> LFS-BOOK-7.2-NOCHUNKS.html shows nothing about formatting the >> partitions with ext4. It only shows ext3 and clicking on the link >> directing you to the BLFS book talks about all sorts of other file >> systems but not ext4. > > It's a part of the standard util-linux package and the kernel. > >> I am just starting the build process so I can go with ext3 if it is >> not wise to go with ext4. > > I actually don't think that for the lfs root partition that ext4 will > get you much over an ext3 partition. 10 GB is way more than needed and > ext4's advantages are primarily the ability to manage very large > partitions and files. There's nothing wrong with creating a separate > /home with a very large partition. I use a 100MB ext2 partition for > /boot, so you can mix/match as much as you want. You do need the > capability for each partition type built into the kernel. >
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