[NTLUG:Discuss] ReiserFS and the bootable /boot partition.

[Dan Carlson]

I think the only issue with having reiserfs as your root partition is that
reiserfs must either be built into your kernel, or you must put the module
in your initrd so the kernel can find it early in the boot sequence.  Both
approaches work, but building it into the kernel seems a little easier to
me and potentially less error prone.  Depending on your distribution, you
may find that reiserfs is not built into their default kernels and initrds,
so you are forced to pick an approach and do it yourself.  I've been
running reiserfs (built into the kernel) on the root partition since last
summer without any problems.

I haven't tried it on the boot partition, since there isn't much of a
benefit to doing so.  It may work, but I wouldn't be surprised if there
were problems with at least some of the boot loaders.  Easier just to stick
with ext2, since not much time is needed to fsck a small file system.

If the Promise works and you don't need the slot then there is no need to
remove it.  If you are interested in performance you might try benchmarking
them both with hdparm -t and just go with the faster one.

Dan Carlson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Geoffrion" <ntlug at rain.lewisville.tx.us>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 12:07 PM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] ReiserFS and the bootable /boot partition.


> (Slackware 8 - new install on AMD/750 from Gateway with a Promise (SCSI)
IDE
> controller with a 40 Gig drive.)
>
> I remember reading somewhere that there might be some concerns having a
> ReiserFS partition as the bootable partition...or the root partition.  Is
> this true?
>
> I typically make a 30 meg /boot partition as my first partition
(/dev/hdx1)
> to avoid any >1024 cyl errors.  If one uses the ReiserFS exclusively,
will
> there be issues down the road?  ( know that Slack 8 users have to 'patch'
> the kernal sources and recompile if ReiserFS is to be used.)
>
> And should I remove the Promise controller from the system and just use
the
> onboard IDE?
>
>
>
> -Richard
>
>
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