On Sunday 12 May 2002 11:35 am, DAVEinDSM offered this for consideration: > Thanks to all of you that answered...... I was pretty sure ReiserFS was the > way to go......but wanted to here somebody elses more experienced viewpoint > before deciding for sure. Later today I will reinstall Mandrake 8.1 with > reiser fs and go from there. I bought the 8.1 boxed set and found several > nice programs that aren't on the 8.2 download set and i don't have 8.2 yet > anyway.. :) > > Thanks again for all your help and suggestions. > > One more question for those following the thread........ > > Why doesn't mandrake install reiserfs by default for desktop use........ i > realize that ext2 is probably better for servers...... but if you choose > just desktop options..... i would think that you would want a > fast/stable/easy to recover from file system for newbie's......... at least > for the desktop .............??? > > Thanks again, > > Dave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My own experiences with installing/helping others install MDK 8.2 lead me to believe that for some reason ext3 is the "default FS." Why? Because every install, during HDD detection/partitioning in 'expert mode', opens the dialogue to define partitions at ext3. One then is required/needs to choose a preferred alternative fs type before continuing. I could be wrong but I'm almost positive.
>From experience; I've tried ext3, Reiser in various incarnations, ext2 of course, and XFS. Flip a coin on speed of access and general "buggyness" (is that a word? Read it as 'stability') between Reiser and XFS but in 8.2 you won't know either is there until the power goes out, or the keyboard>chair interface goes into mental vapor lock mode temporarily. Then you'll be glad it is. I'm running Reiser FS on this system now and have no complaints. I did find ext3 was a real hog. In my opinion anyway. One final note: on this machine with the MDK 8.1 Standard Edition box set I purchased; the included version of Reiser FS was so slow in performance that it drove me nearly insane. I actually got so frustrated that I re-installed it using the "Linux Native" ext2. -- Charlie in Edmonton, AB, Canada Mandrake 8.2 user 244963 at http://counter.li.org
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