kubuntu 9.04 and ext4

Mon Jun 29 15:05:01 UTC 2009

On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 03:13:19PM -0700, Rajinder Yadav wrote:
> I broke down and purchased a little bit more ram for the linux box so I could install a 2nd Linux distro that's a bit more up to date than CentOS 5.3 for my development.
> 
> I am wondering about using the new ext4 filesystem. To install the kernel in the /boot partition, do I need to use ext3, or can I use ext4.

Well who knows.  The boot loader may or may not like it.  Sometimes grub
doesn't like ext3 if it isn't clean, so who knows.

> Also is there any noticeable speed difference or advantage of using ext4 vs ext3 filesystem?

For some things.  Now ext4 is not really considered production ready yet,
although some people are starting to pretend it is.

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