ext2 for /boot ?

[Sander van Vugt]

On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 15:47 +0100, Paul Elliott wrote:
> On 05/05/10 15:31, Benjamin Griese wrote:
> > Think about a power off/surge while you're install a new kernel :)
> 
> Took the words right out of my mouth :-)

Good point. I think that the default journaling mode doesn't add real
protection. It just registers in the journal that the file was open for
writing. In case it crashes, the journal will be able that the file was
open for writing, which causes that file only to be repaired. IMHO that
doesn't make sense. 

It does make sense if you use the data=journal mount option for your
ext3 /boot file system. But, as far as I know, that doesn't happen by
default. 

Just my two cents, hope it's useful :-)

Sander