On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 06:27:29AM -0500, Randy Edwards wrote: > >- ext3 file system by default - slower than ext2 because of the journal > >writes and syncs necessary. > > Has any thought been given to running ReiserFS with RedmondLinux? > As you know, the Reiser file system has been stable for longer than ext3 > and is significantly faster. > > Since RL is a new distribution out of the box backward compatability > issues would be minimal. To a converting Windows user I'd think that it > wouldn't make a difference whether the GNU/Linux file system was > ext2/ext3 or ReiserFS -- they'd both seem "Greek" (and unreadable by > Windows) to the user.
I have always been in favour of a mixed Ext3/ReiserFS system. Ext3 on all the critical parts (/, /usr, /home) with the appropriate journal data options (ordered on / and /usr, writeback on /home). ReiserFS would go no /var to handle a news spool. -- -- Skylar Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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