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: Wed, 6 May 2026 02:41:56 +0200 Lines: 46 Message-ID: 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$8@dont-email.me> <34socmxtjb.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10tdp1u$oc5h$4@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net f9PQJV6fpvHlbWHfJ65e5QT8EfzCiXSHMR69m5c+l4gbv6ooSJ X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:7Cci2z4UC6gmH/AcnhPpXiv8cB8= sha256:ZBSyF51wV1EsHheZlLY+8wE/3wERABpVxTGGlLFqLas= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10tdp1u$oc5h$4@dont-email.me> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:86160 On 2026-05-05 23:56, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Tue, 5 May 2026 12:07:31 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> 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. > > There is no “start of the partition”. There is an *entire* “boot > partition” devoted to this purpose. This is entirely separate from any > regular filesystem partition, whether ext4, XFS or whatever. Man, focus. I am talking of the case when grub is installed in the "/" partition, instead of in the MBR. Sector zero has grub part 1. Then goes grub 1.5 to the initial sectors. If you do not understand this, I suggest you study. I am out. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;