Re: Filesystems et al


Subject: Re: Filesystems et al
From: Jim (jwadell@gci.net)
Date: Sat Feb 16 2002 - 16:50:41 AKST


Justin Dieters wrote:

> I have had very good luck (knock on wood) with ext3 so far.. from what I
> hear one distro uses that as the default even (RedHat, iirc) The only
> ones that I've used are ext2 and 3, and haven't had problems with
> either. I've looked for information on the different filesystems in the
> past, and found it very hard to find a good, solid overview and
> comparison of the popular filesystems. If someone has a link, I'd love
> to learn more..
>
> Justin
>
> William Bouterse wrote:
>
> > Greetings;
> >
> > User experiences and thoughts with regards to Reiser, XFS, Ext3, Ext2
> > mixing or solo would be appreciated...
> >
> > I really don't know what to tell a new user when they ask !!??
> > I have read a mindnumbing amount of info with regards to
> > this issue and still....
> >
> > Sometimes too many choices can cause confusion, and indecision....
> >
> > Actually sometimes I wish all the Linux Distro's would get together
> > under a United umbrella of some form as the motto "Devide and Conquorer"
> > is one of the "Evil Empire's" tactics.....But then that's another
> > topic entirely and with no resolution.
> >
> > I know I had been having "luck" with mixing XFS and Reiser and Ext3 until
> > Mandrake-cooker20011224 when the XFS on / prevented a successful 'mkbootdisk'
> > I was just glad it was my test system and not a potential Linux
> > convert I was trying to "help out".....
> >
> > I used the older Ext2 with a Mandrake pre-8.2b for everything recently on a borrowed IBM 600x notebook I have been testing and everything appears to be working well.
> > When I have LMbeta2 in hand I will use a different approach with a combo
> > of the others or not-a-combo, or .....!?
> > See,... I am already not sure of the proper approach here and have been installing linux distros since RH 5.0. So choose one and stay with it or,
> > mix and match and hope they play nicely together !!!???
> >
> > Testing for bugs is one thing, "real-world" usage and reliability is another.
> >
> > The notebook in question will be returned to its rightful owners soon and
> > I would like to have a reliable, working Linux system available for them to use
> > instead of the default M$98 "Hegemony of Chaos" it came with !!!
> >
> > Thanks for listening and looking forward to some feedback here....
> >
> > William Bouterse
> > Talkeetna, Ak
> >
> >
> >
>
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There was quite a review on the IBM site awhile ago. I am looking for the link, and will post when I find it.

Jim



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