default file system, was: Comparison to Workstation Technical Specification

[Dennis Gilmore]

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On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:01:47 -0500
Matthew Miller <mattdm at fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 07:43:53AM -0500, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> > I realize that XFS is a difficult pill to swallow for /boot, due to
> > your use of syslinux instead of GRUB2. If the Server and Workstation
> > groups decide to settle on both using XFS-on-LVM for the main
> > partitions, we could *probably* also compromise on using ext4 for
> > just /boot.
> 
> Right now, the cloud images are unpartitioned. In some cloud providers
> (e.g., the 800lb gorilla of Amazon EC2) we in fact use the kernel that
> assumes the image is just one partition, not a disk image. We could
> change that (and I kind of want to anyway, for consistency), but it
> would be... change. Having a separate /boot is also problematic
> (read: wasteful) for ultra-small images, and adds complexity a lot of
> users are going to frown at. So..... if by "/boot" you mean "the
> partition that /boot happens to be on, even if it is /", then I think
> we're good. Otherwise we will have to figure something else out.

u-boot has zero support for xfs so arm systems will have to use ext4
for /boot at least as well. which would mean / if users chose to not
use a separate /boot partition

Dennis
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