Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Harry Putnam wrote: > >>I am using reiserfs but only on trial basis. I've noticed what >>appears to be quite a large increase in time needed for fs intensive >>things like du or rm -rf as compared to ext3 but I've done no real >>comparison testing. >> >>Have you noticed that too? >> >> > > This is normal, and it's a feature. Reiserfs uses hash values to speed
[...] Thanks for the interesting (snipped) info. > You can 'fix' this by tar'ing, reformatting, and restoring the > filesystem, which will have the effect of ordering files on disk > according to their hash value. I was thinking more along the line of fixing it by reverting to ext3. I'm not a power user or even a very knowledgable user. But am something of a long time user, and since `96, I've used ext2 or 3 exclusively. I don't recall a single incident of losing or corrupting files that was attributable to ext[23]. I'd heard reiserfs was `better' but apparently the things its better at aren't things I use or notice. Is it possible to revert to ext3 from single boot mode or mounted from a live cd without a lot of hassles? -- [email protected] mailing list
