[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] syslinux 4.05-5 does not boot

Baho Utot baho-utot at columbus.rr.com
Thu Aug 9 11:58:00 EDT 2012


On 08/09/2012 11:45 AM, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Am 09.08.2012 17:34, schrieb Baho Utot:
>> On 08/09/2012 11:27 AM, Thomas Bächler wrote:
>>> Am 09.08.2012 17:12, schrieb Jonathan:
>>>> In the past I have seen ext2 saves time during boot vs ext3.Having a
>>>> journal is no use since the files are rarely changed and the
>>>> filesystem is mostly opened read only. The journal takes up some
>>>> space. These may matter to you if you are trying to optimize boot
>>>> times or disk usage.
>>> Then use ext4 without a journal. ext2 is out of date and ext4 is
>>> superior in every aspect.
>>>
>>>
>> Ext2
>>
>> Ext2 stands for second extended file system.
>> It was introduced in 1993. Developed by Rémy Card.
>> This was developed to overcome the limitation of the original ext file
>> system.
>> Ext2 does not have journaling feature.
>> On flash drives, usb drives, ext2 is recommended, as it doesn’t need to
>> do the over head of journaling.
>> Maximum individual file size can be from 16 GB to 2 TB
>> Overall ext2 file system size can be from 2 TB to 32 TB
>>
>> Have a look at entry 5.
> Thanks for telling me to look at "entry 5" but not enumerating the
> entries. Thanks for quoting 10 year old information without giving a source.
>
> What are you trying to tell us again?
>

I gave you credit to be able to count, I guess you have trouble with that.

It is not 10 year old information it was published just after ext4 came out

google is your friend.





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