Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 12:07:31 +0200 Lines: 37 Message-ID: <34socmxtjb.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <18a92224dd66560b$121345$2713986$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10st9pn$156i$2@dont-email.me> <10svp5o$3ler1$1@news.xmission.com> <10svt92$p5k9$2@dont-email.me> <10tbc82$1nih$8@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net d95ODfxhyl1v0X654EbZRwNUh+FetMSWyHLZ5S0DuLDlL4hRAK X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZdwOANqiBrh+Qd8kS/UstVPRdoo= sha256:U41rp7rnGUN3DYtFdnpYyb7Va/xSd2c8OCkKx/AlNII= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10tbc82$1nih$8@dont-email.me> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86145 On 2026-05-05 02:05, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Mon, 4 May 2026 20:04:04 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> On 2026-05-04 14:41, Borax Man wrote: >>> >>> What issues are there with XFS for root? >> >> I don't remember well, and I feel lazy about writing it up, so I >> asked chatgpt. > > *waves robot arms* Danger, danger! > >> Why XFS makes it worse >> >> XFS does not support embedding GRUB core files inside the filesystem >> itself (unlike something like ext4 with certain GRUB setups). So >> GRUB has fewer fallback options. > > That statement doesn’t make any sense. There is no “embedding GRUB > core files inside the filesystem itself”. Those “GRUB core files” are > not “embedded” in the filesystem in any special way, they are just > files like any other files, copied as necessary by the bootloader > installation system to put the necessary stuff into the actual boot > partition. Which is has its own layout, independent of any filesystem > volume format, and nothing to do with any filesystem volume format. No. Grub 2 writes code directly to the start of the partition. This is known. It is not files when you look at the partition, it is written outside of the filesystem, but it corresponds with a file or files in the /boot directory, from which the install process reads the files and write them directly to the partition start. I think it is stage 1.5, but of this detail I am not sure. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;