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    Ext4 and 64 bit Jaunty

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Tailic, Apr 24, 2009.

  1. Tailic

    Tailic Notebook Deity

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    Hey guys, it's been a long time no see :p Hope you didn't miss me :D

    Anyways, I'm thinking about formatting my install of Ubuntu 8.04 on my T61 and I was thinking about going with Kubuntu 9.04 amd64. How well is Ext4 working for you guys that are using it? Is it unstable or is the speed increase worth it? My laptop has a pretty lame 5400 rpm hdd so I'm thinking about either going with Ext4 or Xfs to help with the boot times. This laptop is used for college work so I would need good hibernate times and the such going to and from class.

    Right now I'm experimenting kubuntu on vm so I got some time to decide if I want to go with KDE 4.
     
    Tailic, Apr 24, 2009
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    I've been using ext4 for over two months with no problems. It is not near unstable IMO.
     
    proxima_centauri, Apr 24, 2009
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    That's good to hear. Is this true though:
    http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7271/2/

    I'm just now doing my research :)
     
    Tailic, Apr 24, 2009
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    I can't confirm for Ubuntu, but with Arch Linux I can boot from ext4.
     
    proxima_centauri, Apr 24, 2009
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    Alright, I'm just going to make a ext3 /boot rather then experimenting.

    About 70MBs is enough for /boot right?
     
    Tailic, Apr 25, 2009
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    IT's perfectly safe to use an ext4 boot partition. I'm running it right now, actually. Yeah 70mbs should be enough but that's still a waste of partitions.
     
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    Well, you're right Thomas, Ext4 did work as a boot partition. I'm not sure why those articles were saying grub wouldn't do it but it ended up working. I guess they updated grub the last minute before they released Jaunty.

    Now it's time to get used to KDE4... I really wish they would standardize what was in the sub-menus, like administration and system settings. It seemed like they even added another menu for that stuff in KDE.

    Although I think KDE is looking a lot more up to date then gnome is, that's the reason I'm switching, or trying to switch at least.
     
    Tailic, Apr 25, 2009
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