Subject: Re: Filesystems et al
From: Jim Gribbin (jgribbin@alaska.net)
Date: Sun Feb 17 2002 - 10:39:47 AKST
I have been using ext3 on RH7.2 and Man8.1 and it seems OK, I haven't
really put to the test with a power outage yet. Stan on the list seems
to like his Rieser fs under Suse. The thing I like about ext3 is that it
can be mounted as ext2 in a pinch although according to the reports I've
read, it's one of slower methods of journaling.
As far as getting together on which fs to use. If its my filesystem on
my box, what does it matter that its not the same one you're using? As
long as we have standards for media exchange.
Microsoft has 4 or 5 (I loose count) filesystems out there. fat16,
fat32, a couple of variants of ntfs and there are apple filesystems.
Just choose the one you like.
Jim Gribbin
btw - Why are you pulling stuff out of the cooker to put on a box to
give to the linux uninitiated? It seems like one of the standard,
released, distros would be a lot simpler. Mandrake 8.1, RH 7.2, and Suse
7.2 will all install a journaling file-system during the install and be
a heck of a lot easier for the uninitiated to use and you to support (if
you give them this, they will call).
On Sat, 2002-02-16 at 08:06, 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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