[LAU] Ext3 or JFS (or other) for linux audio?

[TheOther]

Ray Rashif wrote:
> 2009/9/7 Ray Rashif <schivmeister at gmail.com <mailto:schivmeister at gmail.com>>
> 
>     JFS is low-latency, low-power, and all-around performer. As such, it
>     suits a mobile platform with 5400RPM disks.
> 
> 
> Oops, forgot to continue:
> 
> For speedier and larger disks, ext3/4. Both XFS and ReiserFS have their 
> cons. Google and you'll land upon a pretty old review, but JFS and EXT3 
> come up ahead of the others.

A few years ago I had trouble in booting a Linux box that did not have 
Ext2 or Ext3 for the file system.  True, I wasn't using a specific 
/boot partition, just a / partition.

Can you now boot with a / partition in something other than Ext2 or 
Ext3?  Or is the approach to use a /boot partition in Ext2 or Ext3, 
and then use whatever file system you want for / and the rest of the 
partitions?

Best,
Stephen.