[SOLVED] My own smallish yet simplish review of Slackware 14.0
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Syslinux is a collection of bootloaders, including extlinux (which can read Ext2,3,4/btrfs partitions). Also you do not need to have a separate partition for extlinux if /boot is already on an ext or btrfs partition.
Great review! How long did it take you to install? I like Arch because you install it once. Would you even compare the two and if not, why choose SlackWare over Arch (not saying you did)?
thx
Last edited by linux-sys-adm; 10-13-2012 at 03:41 PM.
@jtsn: Not sure, never tried but you could use btrfs and remove much (or all) of the need for LVM. As a side note Lilo will not reliably boot kernels from btrfs and this the most likely filesystem to supersede ext4.
EDIT: I did some searching and it seems the current answer is no, extlinux cannot currently boot off an LVM partition so for that you would need a separate partition just for extlinux.
@jtsn: Not sure, never tried but you could use btrfs and remove much (or all) of the need for LVM. As a side note Lilo will not reliably boot kernels from btrfs and this the most likely filesystem to supersede ext4.
I don't consider btrfs in the foreseeable future, because there is only one GPL-licensed implementation (thus Linux-only) and it originated at Oracle. Ext4 is way better supported.
Despite the fact that Ext4 adds a number of compelling features to the filesystem, T'so doesn't see it as a major step forward. He dismisses it as a rehash of outdated "1970s technology" and describes it as a conservative short-term solution. He believes that the way forward is Oracle's open source Btrfs filesystem, which is designed to deliver significant improvements in scalability, reliability, and ease of management.
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