Default boot/root filesystem

[Chris Murphy]

On Sep 7, 2013, at 12:48 AM, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam at courier-mta.com> wrote:

> According to this:
> 
> http://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/where-is-red-hat-enterprise-linux-7.html
> 
> RHEL7 will use XFS for the default boot/root.

The article doesn't make it clear if this is XFS for both /boot and / or just /. But if it's the former, it ends the debate about installing the bootloader on a partition. XFS has no bootloader pad at all so it isn't possible. On EFI systems, it doesn't matter.

Chris Murphy