--xXmbgvnjoT4axfJE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 12:16:44PM -0800, IT3 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR-R wr= ote: > Mr. McVoy: >=20 > In theory, I agree with your concerns about changing ext2/ext3, > but stability ought not to be the reason to never improve things. >=20 > With regard to ReiserFS, I don't see why allowing it to be > installed that way, means it must be a supported configuration. RH could > easily simply allow you to install in that manner, but support it via > their technical support. >=20 > I believe this choice was made, simply to promote ext3, not out > of the need of users. Mandrake has its own set of issues, but I prefer > RedHat for some other reasons, just think it could be improved if it > allowed this function. No, not at all. Many tests have shown that ext3 is by far the most stable of the two. Not only does its filesystem structure have more chance of surviving a hard crash, but the on-disk data has more chance of surviving soft corruption. --=20 -- Skylar Thompson (skylar@attglobal.net) --xXmbgvnjoT4axfJE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8XyksnMU1m27tfjARAiPGAJ4njW+PyyZRDJCjYV3pu+tG3V9+RACeMmEy M6Jl3h3k8iMmOP+SkODGIs4= =n5rz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xXmbgvnjoT4axfJE--
