Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (626 mails)

["Juan Erbes" <jerbes@xxxxxxxxx>]

2008/3/2, Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke@xxxxxxx>:
> Hi,
>
>  On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Juan Erbes wrote:
>  > 2008/3/2, Eberhard Moenkeberg <emoenke@xxxxxxx>:
>
> > >  On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Juan Erbes wrote:
>  > >  > 2008/2/22, Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>:
>  > >  > > Sid Boyce <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>  > >  > >  > 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?
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > >
>  > >  > > Isn't JFS available in 10.3 - just with a big warning that it's
>  > >  > >  untested?
>  > >  > >
>  > >  >
>  > >  > The new kernel for Opensuse 11 has support for ReiserFS4?
>  > >  >
>  > >  > What is about the support of ReiserFS4 as default file system in 
> Opensuse 11?
>  > >  >
>  > >  > I have now in my system (workstation) ext3, and from time to time when
>  > >  > it executes the automatic fsck (60 days), it takes about 40 minutes
>  > >  > for a hard disk of 250 GB, and in many of this cases, I hate only 30
>  > >  > minutes to see the emails and go out.
>  > >  > With ReiserFS3, I not hate those problems to wait for use the
>  > >  > workstation 30 or 40 minutes,  as with ext3 happens.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > I love the solidity of ext3.
>  > >  If it does check (wasting your time), you have a far better chance to
>  > >  "survive" against the others.
>  > >
>  >
>  > Two years ago are some people using Reiser4 without problems, and with
>  > true better perfomance compared to ext3:
>  > http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/16/148
>  >
>  > But they are some Linux kernel saboteurs:
>  > http://linuxhelp.150m.com/jews/saboteurs.htm
>  >
>  > A simple guide to include Reiser4:
>  > http://linuxhelp.150m.com/installs/compile-kernel.htm
>
>
> We need support to be able to sleep at night.

Well, with this argument, do'nt include new features, do'nt build a
new kernel version and do'nt build a new Opensuse version. Simply fix
the bugs.

Regards
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