Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (464 mails)

[Sid Boyce <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard (MQ) wrote:
> Sid Boyce wrote:
> > Not wishing to reopen old flames and wounds, but in the last 2 days I
> > have had problems with ext3. On this 11.0 Alpha2 box I have
> > /dev/sdb1 as / (JFS) 500G SATA
> > /dev/sdb2 /boot (reiserfs)
> > /dev/sda1 /ftp  (ext3)  320G SATA
> > Suddenly there was a system freeze that needed a hard reset and when
> > booting, after the grub selection, a black screen appeared. I had to
> > boot from 11.0 Alpha2 CD and run fsck. The ext3 partition was the one
> > with the problem and it took ages to get through. The fsck for the
> > reiserfs  and JFS were all clean.
> >
> > Last night on a box belonging to a relative on which I did a fresh 10.3
> >  install to a new HD /dev/sda1 (160G PATA ext3), with the old 10.0 HD as
> > /dev/sdb2 (80G PATA reiserfs), I inadvertently pulled the wrong plug and
> > powered the box off. The ext3 drive drive took over an hour to fix, the
> > reiserfs drive took minutes, complaining of 3 errors, quickly fixed with
> > --fix-fixable.
> >
> > Is there any chance we could have JFS as an install choice for 11.0?
> > Regards
> > Sid.
>
> I have a development box running Alpha 2, used mainly for playing with
> DTV streaming. This is currently using (only) ext3 filesystems per
> defaults. It has had a few unexplained lockups similar to your
> description (maybe DTV problems rather than OSL?), but no problems with
> ext3 beyond the expected repairs, executed automatically and quickly.
>
> I'm planning soon to try JFS or XFS for the giant file deletion features
> (useful with DTV) - when I get the new Hard Disc I've promised myself. I
> certainly support offering JFS as an option, I can't remember whether
> XFS is already offered? I have to say I dropped reiserfs some time back...

XFS is definitely there as an option, I considered it for a while, then 
thought that pre-partitioning and formatting the drive for JFS should be 
OK, but booting from JFS was the blocker.
In keeping with the health warning on JFS, I didn't bother to file a bug 
report.
Regards
Sid.
--
Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot
Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support 
Specialist, Cricket Coach
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