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I'm looking to use a different Linux distro but I think that there is a potential issue with ext4 and I wanted to not only ask if it could be the case but also ask what solution I should use if it is. (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm currently using Ubuntu and I want try a different distro but so far the only one I've tried was Porteus but I had an issue where Porteus wouldn't boot if it was installed on top of ext4 but would boot fine if it was installed on top of fat32, which is also another potential problem because Porteus requires a save file for persistence when using Windows filesystems. If there is a problem where my computer can't boot with an ext4 filesystem, Ubuntu doesn't have this problem because sda1/2/3 all use a different filesystem.

If I'm correct on this, would I be better off trying Porteus on ext3/2 and hoping it works or just use it with fat32 and have a separate partition formatted for ext4 to serve the same purpose as sda3 in Ubuntu and possibly store the save file (if I have the correct understanding of how save files work).

Also, I would just use NTFS but not only have I heard that it has issues with Linux, I've had issues using it with Linux, so I'm using fat32 for stability.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sounds like just a boot partition issue. you can set up a separate boot vs root vs home on pretty much all distros

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ok but that doesn't answer my question. Should I use ext3/2 as the boot partition or fat32?

[–] ScottE 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's because the answer is "it depends". If the system is EFI and your /boot is the EFI partition, then it needs to be a filesystem supported by your EFI (probably vfat). If it's not EFI or your boot and EFI partitions are different, then /boot needs to be a supported filesystem from your bootloader (ext4 has generally been fine for a decade or so).