[ale] Filesystem Experimentation

[Christopher S. Adams]

i agree...i hope that someday, all operating systems will use journaling
filesystems.
i have a combination of linux and windows 2000 machines at home (with the
linux machines using reiserfs), and i've experienced no data loss, even
though i have no UPSes and the power goes out with a strong gust of wind in
paulding county.

Chris

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From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Dow Hurst
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 9:22 AM
To: Jeff Hubbs; ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Filesystem Experimentation


You don't need to worry about ReiserFS too much.  I have used it very
successfully on my laptop for months now.  The machine rarely has a
power connection problem that kills it dead (I think the battery gets a
loose connection when I pick it up wrong).  Anyway, the file system has
never burped on me.  Also, I never wait on fsck to check the drive.
Boy, that is a really nice feature of journaling filesystems.  Any file
system that runs the drive sounds good to me though, as my budget says
uses any drive you've got!  I am still using a 100MB drive from 1992
that is running strong so far.  When XFS finally gets to us from SGI, I
would imagine that it would improve performance.  They have lots of
specialized prediction algorithms that improve data retrieval.  Good
luck!
Dow

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
>
> Just an idle thought, so I expect nothing but idle responses.
>
> I have a Compaq Presario 4504 that I'm thinking of putting a new Linux
> distro on.  It has inside it an absolute abomination of a hard drive - the
> 2.1GB Quantum Bigfoot, which apparently has a single platter whirring at
> 3600RPM inside it's 8"-long, 5-3/4"-wide body (see specs at
> http://www.quantum.com/products/archive/bigfoot_cy/bigfoot_cy_specs.htm
and
> resume reading when the tears clear).
>
> Given this drive, would there be any particularly advantageous filesystem
to
> consider using for its partitions?
>
> - Jeff
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