On Thu, 26 May 2016 03:15:55 +0300, Georgios Tsalikis <georgios@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 25/05/2016 01:22 μμ, doiggl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> On Tue, 24 May 2016 11:58:53 +0300, Georgios Tsalikis >> <georgios@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I happened to format a rootfs partition and another one for /home with >>> Reiser4. It proved to be a disaster. Apart from the slow boot times >>> (expected from this drive) even after reaching a functional GUI the >>> disk kept doing I/O like crazy. When /home became Btrfs the issue >>> ceased. My other computer that uses an entire drive formatted with >>> Reiser4 is nice and silent as well. Hello, What do following commands show ? --Glenn example: # which fsck.reiser4 /usr/sbin/fsck.reiser4 # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes # fsck.reiser4 -V fsck.reiser4 1.0.6 Copyright (C) 2001-2005 by Hans Reiser, licensing governed by reiser4progs/COPYING. # fsck.reiser4 --print-profile /dev/sdb Default profile: create: "reg40" (id:0x0 type:0x0) [Regular file plugin for creat(2)] key: "key_large" (id:0x1 type:0xb) [Key plugin] compress: "lzo1" (id:0x0 type:0xc) [Compression plugin] compressMode: "conv" (id:0x4 type:0xd) [Compression Mode plugin] cluster: "64K" (id:0x0 type:0x10) [Cluster plugin] hash: "r5_hash" (id:0x1 type:0x3) [Directory entry hash plugin] fibration: "ext_1_fibre" (id:0x2 type:0x4) [Key fibration plugin] formatting: "smart" (id:0x2 type:0x5) [File body formatting plugin] # fsck.reiser4 --print-plugins /dev/sdb Known plugins: "reg40" (id:0x0 type:0x0) [Unix-file regular file plugin.] "dir40" (id:0x1 type:0x0) [Directory file plugin.] "sym40" (id:0x2 type:0x0) [Symlink file plugin.] "spl40" (id:0x3 type:0x0) [Special file plugin.] "ccreg40" (id:0x4 type:0x0) [Cryptcompress regular file plugin.] "stat40" (id:0x0 type:0x1) [StatData item plugin.] "cde40" (id:0x2 type:0x1) [Compound directory entry item plugin.] "nodeptr40" (id:0x3 type:0x1) [Node pointer item plugin.] "extent40" (id:0x5 type:0x1) [Extent file body item plugin.] "plain40" (id:0x6 type:0x1) [Plain file body item plugin.] "ctail40" (id:0x7 type:0x1) [Compressed file body item plugin.] "bbox40" (id:0x8 type:0x1) [Safe link item plugin.] "node40" (id:0x0 type:0x2) [Node plugin.] "rupasov_hash" (id:0x0 type:0x3) [Rupasov hash plugin.] "r5_hash" (id:0x1 type:0x3) [R5 hash plugin.] "tea_hash" (id:0x2 type:0x3) [Tea hash plugin.] "fnv1_hash" (id:0x3 type:0x3) [Fnv1 hash plugin.] "deg_hash" (id:0x4 type:0x3) [Degenerate hash plugin.] "lexic_fibre" (id:0x0 type:0x4) [Lexicographic fibration plugin.] "dot_o_fibre" (id:0x1 type:0x4) ['.o' fibration plugin.] "ext_1_fibre" (id:0x2 type:0x4) [1-symbol extention fibration plugin.] "ext_3_fibre" (id:0x3 type:0x4) [3-symbol extention fibration plugin.] "extents" (id:0x0 type:0x5) ['Extents only' tail policy plugin.] "tails" (id:0x1 type:0x5) ['Tails only' tail policy plugin.] "smart" (id:0x2 type:0x5) [Smart tail policy plugin.] "sdext_lw" (id:0x0 type:0x6) [Light stat data extension plugin.] "sdext_unix" (id:0x1 type:0x6) [Unix stat data extension plugin.] "sdext_lt" (id:0x2 type:0x6) [Large times stat data extension plugin.] "sdext_symlink" (id:0x3 type:0x6) [Symlink stat data extension plugin.] "sdext_plugin_set" (id:0x4 type:0x6) [Plugin Set StatData extension plugin.] "sdext_flags" (id:0x5 type:0x6) [Inode flags stat data extension plugin.] "sdext_crypto" (id:0x7 type:0x6) [Crypto stat data extension plugin.] "sdext_heir_set" (id:0x8 type:0x6) [Heir Set StatData extension plugin.] "format40" (id:0x0 type:0x7) [Disk-format plugin.] "oid40" (id:0x0 type:0x8) [Inode number allocator plugin.] "alloc40" (id:0x0 type:0x9) [Space allocator plugin.] "journal40" (id:0x0 type:0xa) [Journal plugin.] "key_short" (id:0x0 type:0xb) [Short key plugin.] "key_large" (id:0x1 type:0xb) [Large key plugin.] "lzo1" (id:0x0 type:0xc) [lzo1 compression transform plugin.] "gzip1" (id:0x1 type:0xc) [gzip1 compression transform plugin.] "none" (id:0x0 type:0xd) ['Don't compress' compression mode plugin.] "latt" (id:0x1 type:0xd) ['Check on dynamic lattice' compression mode plugin.] "ultim" (id:0x2 type:0xd) ['Check ultimately' compression mode plugin.] "force" (id:0x3 type:0xd) ['Compress evrything' compression mode plugin.] "conv" (id:0x4 type:0xd) ['Convert to extent' compression mode plugin.] "64K" (id:0x0 type:0x10) [64K size cluster plugin.] "32K" (id:0x1 type:0x10) [32K size cluster plugin.] "16K" (id:0x2 type:0x10) [16K size cluster plugin.] "8K" (id:0x3 type:0x10) [8K size cluster plugin.] "4K" (id:0x4 type:0x10) [4K size cluster plugin.] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html