--- On Tue, 2/23/10, C <smaug42@gmail.com> wrote:
Why not switch to ext3 or ext4?
Simple. ext3 has that annoying auto fsck thing every 20 mounts, and that would definitely drive the new user away from Linux in one quick step (yes i know I can change it, but my friend won't and can't do it). ext4 is still.. unproven. I haven't had any issues yet... but I'm not confident in it just yet. Reiser has never failed me in 8 years...
C.
I used to use Reiser too, and I had no complaints. That was in the days before ext3. Why is the auto fsck annoying? I find the feature reassuring -- I would not WANT to go forever with no clue as to the state of my harddrive. Is it the delay that is annoying? If so, let your friend see the boot messages scrolling by, and the fsck progress bar. On a Microsoft machine, your friend would be doing defragmentation and running anti-virus software, which is a hundred times MORE annoying, surely. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org