[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The only things to change were to generate a kernel with ext3-support > > (2.4.17) for the target machine, set an extra step with 'tune2fs -j' in > > setup_harddisks after mke2fs (of course, make-fai-nfsroot), create a script > > EXT3 which changes the entries 'ext2' to 'ext3' in the fstab after > > installation (cfengine), define this script as a class for the target > > computer. > > A suggestion: use the filesystem type "auto" instead of ext3. At boot, your > kernel will pick the appropriate filesystem: ext3 if the fs is capable (already > tuned), or ext2 if not. Additionally, you can still use recovery discs that > may only support ext2.
Thank you very much for the tip! > > > Up to now its running without problems. And it seems to be faster than > > ext2fs. The relatively more faster the faster the cpu is. > > Are you certain it's faster? I don't know much about the particulars of how > ext3 is implemented, but I was under the impression that a slight performance > hit was the tradeoff for journalling. Just test it. Generate a kernel, "tune2fs" a spare partition, mount it as ext3, make an emacs dirlist. I don't have any measurements but with emacs its feeling faster. Greetings Albrecht
