> > ANYWAY... I'm using Linux for business these days and I like it a lot but > want a better file system. I've heard of quite a few new ones - new to me > anyway - and when I asked about it, nobody really replied with the kind of > response I was hoping for. Ext2 is all I've got working. I ran into a > mountain of hassle with ext3 - I just don't have time for crap that > doesn't work. I've learned from this list that ext3 works fine and it was > an installation or upgrade problem, but that doesn't tell me _anything_ > about why I might want ext3. ...That's part of why I never followed > through on those installation and upgrade problems - no motive. Another > thing I was asking about I never heard anything about was the how/where > question - I only picked up that ext3 comes with RH7.x - and I already > knew that... I followed instructions and it just worked. I use (for a change) standard RH kernels - if you build your own and get it wrong, booting can be difficult. I even converted a 7.1 system to ext3; I think all I needed to do was run tune2fs, update fstab and install a kernel for 7.2. Takes a few minutes regardless of filesystem size, no backup/restore required. Major benefits touted of ext3 are Faster startup after a disorderly shutdown Improved probability of recovering all your data. It's also easy to go back to ext2 if you want - just an option on the mount command. > So, I think it'd be really neat if someone would put together a small > table outlining what's available for our beloved RedHat Linux > systems, telling us whether or not they're included with Red Hat, or > whether we have to hunt down the RPMS, etc., and perhaps with a brief > statement of the technology and good applications. What I'm thinking of > would be essentially a roll up of what we've read on this list in recent > days. Go back over this thread - (at least) the major ones have been mentioned. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
