My reading on Ext3 filesystem suggests that while it is less efficient than Reiser (especially for small files) it is totally backwards and forwards compatible. So an Ext2 partion can be converted to Ext3 simply by mounting it as Ext3, and an Ext3 partion can be mounted as Ext2. So for an existing Ext2 user it is real simple to get the increased reliability of a journaling system. New installs might benefit from a Reiser file system. Derek On Monday 17 September 2001 11:20, you wrote: > On Monday 17 September 2001 06:19 am, Jhun Bacala escribi�: > > I've been reading a lot of good reviews about ReiserFS. Thus mandrake > > support this kind of file system? > > Is this the future of file system? Can anyone testify how good it is? > > I've been using ReiserFS for all partitions for over a year with > -0- problems, many advantages. The main one being is that improper > system shutdowns are no problem at all. Mandrake has supported RFS > since 7.2, and it has eliminated all the problems (fsck) that ext2 has. > > Currently it appears that ReiserFS, JFS, and ext3 are the current > favorites. IMO, you're at more risk using the old ext2 than any of the > journaling FS's available. At this time, it seems that 8.1 will support > all these and even XFS. Which you choose should depend on your system > usage, but I'd recommend switching to a journaling FS ASAP. You should > have already. The most tested is ReiserFS. ext3 is nothin more than > ext2 with journaling patched on. ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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