On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 00:36, Shawn wrote: > Turns out that XFS is a higher end file system for use with firewire or > other high performance drives. So, I've settled on the recommended file > systems (ext3 for the boot partition, and Reiser for my root partition) - > mostly because it makes sense (not just because it said so). Ext3 for the > boot partition because it isn't likely to change too often, removing the > need for journaling - but, I'd like the drive to be stable/recoverable in > the event of a crash. And Reiser for the root partition because it WILL see > the most activity, and journaling will be required there, and will be > dealing with a number of small files (which turn out to be approx 4 KB or
Just so you know, ext3 is a journaling filesystem. If you don't want the journal you should use ext2. Reiser is a fairly good FS and I used to use it myself, however it is still not as stable and has less support than ext3, which is what I use on all my systems. Jesse -- Jesse Kline, RHCT http://www3.telus.net/public/klinej/resume.html
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