On Friday 27 October 2006 16:03, Rex Teague wrote: > Underground resolves my configuration > dilemma but it's hard-headed about things eg. you will be using > Reiser4 file system, no ifs 'n buts. Is that wise, Probably not.
> I have a little reservation, Understandable. My experience with Reiser4 is almost entirely positive. I have been using Reiser4 on my laptop for about 18 months or so. It has been prooven to be very reliable in that setting, with the glaring exception that attempts to write to the disk when it's full have disastrous consequences. It trashes files by the dozen instead of saying 'Disk Full'. :-( Other folk on the reiserfs mailing list corroborate this. The other point about both Reiser file systems is that Hans Reiser, the lead programmer, is currently in jail waiting to plead before a murder trial. Goodness only knows what is going to happen, but I am continuing to use Reiser4 in the interim, but if I was setting up a new machine today I'd probably use something else. So sorry, but I'm not going to make a recommendation because I have little or no real experience of filesystem performance or reliability in situations other than my own small computer. Also I have a fear of starting an overly animated file-system discussion. :-) > Mepis on ReiserFS has been an OK exercise? Note that Reiser4 is not a upgrade release of ReiserFS. Reiser4 is a _completely_ different animal, to be sure using lessons learnt from the earlier ReiserFS exercise. http://www.namesys.com/ -- CS
