Ext2/3 highly recommended (easiest); if ReiserFS then mount with -o notail. If you will be using ext3 or ReiserFS, you must add the size of the journal to the partitionsize; in these cases 64 Megabytes is recommended. Code listing 6.14: Initializing our partitions (example) # mke2fs -j /dev/hda1 # mkswap /dev/hda2 # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3 ## The inconsistency is that we recommend a size, then make a journal without telling it the size. suggest that we remove -j and only make a static ext2 -- There are also inconsistencies between the manual and the example fstab entries. Suggested that we change proc proc /none proc entries, just to be consistent.
The size is for the partition size, not the size of the journal. In other words, in the example we create an ext3 boot partition, so
Created attachment 20013 [details, diff] Make bootpartition ext2, have "none /proc proc" for proc filesystem If a docdev can agree with this, I'll commit.
since we're going to change the boot partition to ext2, the paragraph below code listing 6.14 should be changed as well. "We choose ext3 for our /dev/hda1 boot partition because it is a robust journaling filesystem supported by all major boot loaders. We used mkswap for our /dev/hda2 swap partition -- the choice is obvious here. And for our main root filesystem on /dev/hda3 we choose ReiserFS, since it is a solid journaling filesystem offering excellent performance. Now, go ahead and initialize your partitions."
Not sure about the ext2/etx3 issue but the "none" thing should be really repaired... Radek
No, however we recommend both at different times, and the size recommendation of 32 Mb is for ext2, not ext3. This all just feels inconsistent and strange.
Created attachment 20016 [details, diff] Extra changes How about this?
patch looks good
Committed.
