lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoext2: mark as deprecated - kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source treegit.kernel.orgexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down12
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkext2: mark as deprecated - kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source treegit.kernel.orglemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squarelemmyreader@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·10 months agoThat reminds me that some howtos I’ve seen in the past recommended to use ext2 for a separate /boot partition.
minus-squaretoastal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoDepends how you read that. FAT32 is basically required for /boot/EFI but you still see /boot as separate old, stable filesystem on some setups. Usually it is just a bit easier/less hassle to do the whole thing up as FAT32 but you don’t have to.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoPerhaps for LILO compatibility? But that would make it a pretty old howto (10 years or more).
That reminds me that some howtos I’ve seen in the past recommended to use ext2 for a separate /boot partition.
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Depends how you read that. FAT32 is basically required for
/boot/EFIbut you still see/bootas separate old, stable filesystem on some setups. Usually it is just a bit easier/less hassle to do the whole thing up as FAT32 but you don’t have to.Perhaps for LILO compatibility? But that would make it a pretty old howto (10 years or more).