On Tue June 19 2007 6:31 pm, Patrick Shanahan scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [06-19-07 18:18]: <snip> > don't know much about converters. I would format a temporary area > and store files while reformatting the original area to whichever > format you decide is best for you.
The only thing I ever heard about converters was "be certain sure that you have a good ( restorable back up ) that was eons ago but it's probably good advice anyway > There are many opinions and you know about opinions :^) Yup , we all got em ;-) > > Which filesystem is best to use nowadays? I have many small files, > > so which is better and most stable? > > I got bitten by reiser some years ago and .... I use ext3 now and > will switch to ext4 when it is available. Ditto on bitten. I usually have lots of stuff in huge files , I*was*using JFS which worked a treat.. since Suse isn't using it any more I went w/ XFS on this box haven't had any problems w/ the file system that wasn't PEBKAC , your mileage etc. > > Is reiserfs still recommendable? It has not given me problems > > before. Why has OpenSUSE gone away from reiserfs as default? > > I believe that support for v3 is lacking and v4 is not ready ?? And the owner /maintainer being charged w/ his wife's murder didn't instil a lot of confidence. He is going to be busy for a long time even if he gets aquitted. > I have nearly 1.5 TB in 7 hard drives of various sizes and seldom > reboot. I have had *no* (fingers crossed) problems with ext3 in the > last three years. I'm an *old* horse and hesitate to change :^) Wheiw, I thought I was the one who couldn't let go of *stuff* ;-) -- j I've lived in the real world enough, we're all here because we ain't all there. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
