Daniel Bauer wrote: > On Monday 10 September 2007, Kai Ponte wrote: >> On Monday 10 September 2007 07:05, Frank Fiene wrote: >>> On Montag, 10. September 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> I am about to install openSuSE 10.2 on two new computers and see that >>>> the 10.2 default file system is ext3 and not Reiser. I'd like some >>>> advice as whether to accept the ext3 default or to go with Reiser as >>>> I have in the past. >>> reiserfs is dead!
Not entirely, Reiserfs 3x is finished and is not going to receive further development. Reiserfs 4x is not complete, *but* the jury is still out on whether, and how much, development is currently taking place. see http://www.namesys.com/v4/v4.html and http://www.namesys.com/install_v4.html >> No, his wife is. >> > Maybe. Maybe not. Nobody (of us) knows. > > Having good (well: a lot of) expertise in media I don't believe a single word > I read or hear in the news. > > Regarding reiserfs: > > I still use it, it survived several sudden power-downs, I'm happy with it, > having countless text, photo and tar.gz files from some Kilobytes up to > hundreds of MB's. Don't know, if that's very efficient, but it's fast and it > works reliably (knock on wood). > Me too. I would add 'at least 100' sudden power-downs and I have never lost a single file. Additional Me Too of (knock on wood) > I'm just confused by the discussions I read here on this list. But apart from > personal beliefs I havn't read a lot of helpful postings in this regard here, > regrettably. It sometimes reminds me of the Win-Linux discussions (mine is > better than yours, nyaaah nyaaah nyaaah) > > Well, some were serious, I must admit... > > Daniel > see also: http://linuxgazette.net/102/piszcz.html on the large/small file advantages/disadvantages. I have used both and for my use I have no complaints about either.. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
