Jon, Yes, ext3 is a journalising fs and so are Reiser and XFS. Like everything in Linux, you have LOTS of choices, but all seem to work well, although you see the usual "religious" arguments over their relative merits. AFAIK, ext3 is as good a choice as any.
Regarding the hang on USB shutdown...this is a known problem. Here's the fix copied from the errata page at Mandrake.com: Error scenario: The computer locks up when shutting down or when stopping the usb service. Why: In certain cases, the usb-uhci module is broken for some usb devices. Solution: Modify your /etc/modules.conf file and change the line "alias usb-interface usb-uhci" to "alias usb-interface uhci". The change will take effect after the next shutdown and will prevent the usb service from locking up the computer. It worked for me! HTH Brian On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 11:40, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: > On Wednesday 27 February 2002 07:20 pm, you wrote: > > > I am using Reiser and have installed XFS on client machines. Haven't > > tried ext3. There were supposed to be some issues with NFS and Reiser, > > which was why I chose XFS for a client, but that said, I haven't found > > any problem with either. Various sources will tell you that the NFS > > thing with Reiser is now fixed, but I have yet to see a definitive > > answer that says "from this release xxx, it's fixed and certified". > > > > There have been lots of threads about which is best for what, but they > > all seem pretty damn good, so the old "if it works for you be happy" > > rule seems to apply. > > > > cheers > > Brian > > I thought ext3 was Reiser, no? Isn't ext3 a journalising file system? I have > two drives formatted with ext3, which according to that HardDrake program is > a journalising system. What am I missing here? Iquit running Linux for a > while after running it for a couple of years because it was driving me nuts > with all the niggling little problems I was having. I went to Windows 2000 > and in a year and a half had only about 3 crashes. That's pretty damn good. > This time I was determined to get everything working in Linux and so far it's > coming along ok. It's taken 3-4 reinstalls to get things right, but using > ext3 has helped because my system hangs on shutdown every time right after it > shuts the USB ports down. With this system I don't have to wait 20 minutes > for a filesystem check. > In any case, I would love an explanation of the differences if you know, or > where to go to find them. > > Jon > > -- > Jonathan Dlouhy > Wednesday, February 27, 2002 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > On a bar of Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap." > > >
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