reiser..features, advantages etc?
Hello, Much mail is generated on this list about reiser fs. Can someone give me an honest evaluation of it's advantages compared to all the problems people have with it. assume I know nothing (i will RTFM.. :)) Thanks. -- Regards Cliff
Cliff Sarginson wrote:
Hello, Much mail is generated on this list about reiser fs. Can someone give me an honest evaluation of it's advantages compared to all the problems people have with it.
What problems? It just works as a filesystem should. (As long as we're not talking about problem reports from some really old versions, and as long as you're using 2.4.7.SuSE if you use the 2.4 kernel, earlier ones had some reiserfs performance problems since the developers initially (for 2.4 kernel) cared less for performance but more about stability)
assume I know nothing (i will RTFM.. :))
Is there a program for Windows (like Explore2fs) that will allow a Win9x system read/write to the Reiser fs? --doug At 09:54 09/06/2001 -0700, Michael Hasenstein wrote:
Cliff Sarginson wrote:
Hello, Much mail is generated on this list about reiser fs. Can someone give me an honest evaluation of it's advantages compared to all the problems people have with it.
What problems? It just works as a filesystem should. (As long as we're not talking about problem reports from some really old versions, and as long as you're using 2.4.7.SuSE if you use the 2.4 kernel, earlier ones had some reiserfs performance problems since the developers initially (for 2.4 kernel) cared less for performance but more about stability)
assume I know nothing (i will RTFM.. :))
I had emailed the creator of Explore2fs about this, requesting a new version
of this program that will handle ReiserFS. Never got an email back.
I must admit, I've fallen in love with Reiser, BUT with no way to access the
FS from Windows, it makes me cry sometimes. :o(
Ron Sinclair
http://wigglit.com
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From: Doug McGarrett
Is there a program for Windows (like Explore2fs) that will allow a Win9x system read/write to the Reiser fs? --doug
At 09:54 09/06/2001 -0700, Michael Hasenstein wrote:
Cliff Sarginson wrote:
Hello, Much mail is generated on this list about reiser fs. Can someone give me an honest evaluation of it's advantages compared to all the problems people have with it.
What problems? It just works as a filesystem should. (As long as we're not talking about problem reports from some really old versions, and as long as you're using 2.4.7.SuSE if you use the 2.4 kernel, earlier ones had some reiserfs performance problems since the developers initially (for 2.4 kernel) cared less for performance but more about stability)
assume I know nothing (i will RTFM.. :))
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On September 7, 2001 12:03 am, Ron Sinclair wrote:
I had emailed the creator of Explore2fs about this, requesting a new version of this program that will handle ReiserFS. Never got an email back.
I must admit, I've fallen in love with Reiser, BUT with no way to access the FS from Windows, it makes me cry sometimes. :o(
I wouldn't cry too hard. Having your entire Linux root partition accessible from Windows, which has the 'escape' backdoor is really insecure. Many years ago, when I dual-booted, I kept a FAT32 partition for shared data and had a symlink to it in my home directory. It's a good thing when your shadow file is inaccessible from Windows. - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7mNhx+FOexA3koIgRAo0VAKCswmhbCiJO8Hazo14w+PpgtGgHpQCfYYG4 L8aNt2JvGItAEl1h1r4RT3w= =bMLn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Thursday 06 September 2001 4:24 pm, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
Much mail is generated on this list about reiser fs. Can someone give me an honest evaluation of it's advantages compared to all the problems people have with it. assume I know nothing (i will RTFM.. :))
I'm not sure about "the problems" since I've never experienced any since I started using ReiserFS with SuSE 7.1. Some have posted problems making reference to ReiserFS but these are nearly always attributed to not loading appropriate module support at boot time (particularly when /boot is ReiserFS). The most obvous advantage is the time it takes to boot your system; checking the file systems' integrity takes a few seconds (even after a bad shutdown). In theory, your data can always be reconstructed from the journal. Other advantages include better use of disk space, particularly when there are lots of small files and directories. Also, ReiserFS is more efficient when it comes to disk access/writes etc. (albeit there is an overhead since the journal is accessed before data is written to the drive). A real bonus is ReiserFS and LVM (Logical Volume Manager) together. Here you can pool your drives into a single space and then create your partitions how you like with the ability to change their size on the fly. Also, you can use striping if you use SCSI disks. M
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Cliff Sarginson
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Doug McGarrett
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James Oakley
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Martin Webster
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Michael Hasenstein
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Ron Sinclair