-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-11-18 at 17:16 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
I found the reference/comments about ext3 and Reiserfs, both used as 'defaults' in openSuse, interesting to say the least.
Yep. I can understand the problem with fast deletion, but not that you can get corruption in reiserfs due to the large files used. Weird claim, I'd wish they'd explain it in detail.
I am not that deep into the technicalities of file systems for Linux so have simply accepted what was stated, and will have to leave any querying of the claim to someone more knowledgeable than I.
Me neither... I can understand the technicalities if explained, but I'm not that up to date on them all.
So I do avoid having xfs as root filesystem, but I do use it for data. Much safer.
You always provide good advice so I will follow what you have suggested when I actually format the HDs and install 10.3 on my "production" system.
I simply remember the "uproar" the bug produced ;-)
BTW, JFS is NOT available in v10.3.
I'm not surprised.
Well, I was. JFS is actually selectable, in the partitioning option, but when you do select it a menu comes up stating that it is not supported (with the suggestion that if do you select it then "yous buy your ticket and yous take your chances"). [The complete choices of file systems to format your HDs/partitions are: ext2, ext3, JFS, Reiser, FAT, XFS, Swap.]
An expert "in the know" told me years ago that JFS was not a good choice for linux. Not well maintained o with bugs, I think he said. It seems the folks at Suse are finally thinking on similar lines.
Oh, I was use the Expert option to partition/format my HDs so do not know what the default file system would be if a "newbie" simply accepts what the installation process suggests.
Ext3, currently.
And speaking of "newbies", do not give the Live CD of 10.3 to your friends to try out 10.3 without first warning them not try and install it (using the Install on the Desktop) because, after going through all the motion and all the time of installing it, they won't be able to boot into it: there will be an error message which states, "Filename must be either an absolute pathname or blocklist". Luvly stuff.
Good to know... I just burnt a copy of both CDs to give to a friend that asked for them. I'll warn him, thanks. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFHQEh1tTMYHG2NR9URAoZ8AKCDOASnotKCNGK+GV+Idm0qh+ZoRQCfX79k 2WtjyKhfeDo+ajUWNq+E4TE= =lXVs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org