Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Ext4 for a new installation?
Or would I be better off using ext3 and converting it to ext4 in a month or two? Are there any downsides to converting a fs from ext3 to ext4 in this way? The downsides are that you'll end up with missing ext4 features that will only apply to newly created files after the conversion. I recommend to just be clean about it and use ext4 from the start. AFAIK this isn't true. You can 'convert' an ext3 filesystem to ext4 using ext4's defrag utility. See http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4. -- Software is like sex: it is better when it is free - Linus Torvalds
[gentoo-user] Re: Ext4 for a new installation?
On 2 Feb 2009, at 04:33, Stroller wrote: ... As long as I use 2.6.28 when I install I don't think there should be anything that is incompatible with ext4?? I should have added: I plan to use ext3 for my boot partition. Cheers, Stroller.
[gentoo-user] Re: Ext4 for a new installation?
Stroller wrote: For more funroll-loopiness I contemplate using ext4 for the new system I'm about to install. Anyone know of any LiveCDs that would support this? Yep, SystemRescueCD supports it: http://www.sysresccd.org It's even Gentoo-based, what a deal! ;) I _think_ it should be just a case of untarring the stage 3, chrooting in, updating everything to latest reboot. As long as I use 2.6.28 when I install I don't think there should be anything that is incompatible with ext4?? Just do whatever you would do with ext3. Nothing fancy required. Of course fstab needs ext4, not ext3. Or would I be better off using ext3 and converting it to ext4 in a month or two? Are there any downsides to converting a fs from ext3 to ext4 in this way? The downsides are that you'll end up with missing ext4 features that will only apply to newly created files after the conversion. I recommend to just be clean about it and use ext4 from the start.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Ext4 for a new installation?
On 2 Feb 2009, at 04:50, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Stroller wrote: For more funroll-loopiness I contemplate using ext4 for the new system I'm about to install. Anyone know of any LiveCDs that would support this? Yep, SystemRescueCD supports it: http://www.sysresccd.org It's even Gentoo-based, what a deal! ;) Thanks! That sounds great! I know it's possible to install Gentoo using other LiveCDs, but have always used a Gentoo one in the past, just because it's been available. Hence I'd be worrying about incompatibilities when chrooting in, if I used a non-Gentoo one. Stroller.
