On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jesse Keating [mailto:jkeating@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > > On Thursday 26 February 2004 20:04, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > I'm trying to see if I can play around with > > Reiserfs. I have an > > > additional unpartitioned space which I would like to store > > small files > > > (eg.. Text Howtos, web pages, pdf docs pics etc) > > > > > If you're looking for a faster file system, might as well go > > for one that > > isn't riddled with instability. XFS has been included into > > 2.6 mainline, > > and would be a very good alternative to ext3. Reiser 3 is > > far to prone to > > data loss for my tastes, and Reiser4 is just too beta. Go w/ a file > > system where the core developer cares about stability over raw speed. > > Hmm... That's the 1st time I'm hearing bad things about reiserfs. (though > my ears were buried deep in ext3) :) > > Okay.. I've downloaded the updated xfsprogs-2.6.2 packages. > how do I partition the space/create the xfs partition? Any pitfalls > I need to be aware of? > > 1. xfs compiled into the kernel. (or module will do?) > 2. Install the xfs progs > 3. mkexfs /dev/hda8 (I'm not sure what the name of the prog is) > XFS has journals right? Better/faster than ext3 right?? > > > I'll be getting a new hard-drive soon for my laptop(D600, upgrade to 60GB) > and hopefully I can put this experience into that new Hard Drive. > > Thanks. > > Ps: I'm taking your word for it and taking the plunge.. If you're running a stock RH kernel, you won't be able to read an XFS formatted partition, yet. Axel Thimm has XFS enabled kernels for RH9 (based on the RH kernel src.rpm packages at http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/dist/rh9/kernel/ I'm using them, and am having no prolems. Well...other than a power supply fan that's starting to crap out. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
