Re: So: reiserfs or ext3 (was Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!)

2001-11-11 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 04:35:06PM +0100, Eduard Bloch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > #include > Karsten M. Self wrote on Sun Nov 11, 2001 um 03:49:33AM: > > > > the list and searched for that entry. Ext3 stores the position the > > > last found entry, so when accessing again, the search begins an

Re: So: reiserfs or ext3 (was Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!)

2001-11-11 Thread Stuart Krivis
On Saturday, November 10, 2001, at 05:03 PM, Karsten M. Self wrote: on Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 03:16:54PM -0500, Tom Allison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: So, unlike what I read in ReiserFS, I can just hang out on this for a while and then upgrade at my leisure? This is so totally cool Is the

Re: So: reiserfs or ext3 (was Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!)

2001-11-11 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Karsten M. Self wrote on Sun Nov 11, 2001 um 03:49:33AM: > > the list and searched for that entry. Ext3 stores the position the > > last found entry, so when accessing again, the search begins an this > > position and you get your entry wery fast, in best case within the > > first search

Re: So: reiserfs or ext3 (was Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!)

2001-11-11 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 11:59:55AM +0100, Eduard Bloch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > #include > Karsten M. Self wrote on Sat Nov 10, 2001 um 02:48:33PM: > > > Now that you said this... I'd like to see how reiserfs and > > > ext3 in writeback mode perform. I'd think ext3 would still be > > > outper

Re: So: reiserfs or ext3 (was Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!)

2001-11-11 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Karsten M. Self wrote on Sat Nov 10, 2001 um 02:48:33PM: > > Now that you said this... I'd like to see how reiserfs and > > ext3 in writeback mode perform. I'd think ext3 would still be > > outperformed by reiser for the large dir listings. > > The issue isn't writing the directories, bu

Re: So: reiserfs or ext3 (was Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!)

2001-11-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 08:12:09PM -0200, Jeronimo Pellegrini ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 02:03:10PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > I've got both ext3fs and reiserfs on my most recent laptop build. > > > > There are advantages to each. > > > > Reiserfs has better perf

Re: So: reiserfs or ext3 (was Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!)

2001-11-10 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 02:03:10PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > I've got both ext3fs and reiserfs on my most recent laptop build. > > There are advantages to each. > > Reiserfs has better performance with larger filesystems, particularly > for large directory listings. In one case, I've got a

So: reiserfs or ext3 (was Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!)

2001-11-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 03:16:54PM -0500, Tom Allison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > So, unlike what I read in ReiserFS, I can just hang out on this for a > while and then upgrade at my leisure? This is so totally cool > Is there an performance difference between this "conversion" and > start

Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!

2001-11-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 12:37:34PM -0500, Michael P. Soulier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 11:10:50AM -0600, DvB wrote: > > ... it's in as of 2.4.15-pre2 > > > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/testing/patch-2.4.15.log > > Great, they're weren't even done with 2

Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!

2001-11-10 Thread Tom Allison
Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: See, there's no difference between "converting" and "starting from scratch'. Starting from scratch would mean create a ext2 filesystem and add the journal file to it, etc... (And this is absolutely great!) Read some documentation on ext3: http://people.spoiled.org/j

Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!

2001-11-10 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 03:16:54PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > >No, you just have to use tune2fs to add a journal file to each > >partition, and change your fstab. ext3 is forward and backward > >compatible with ext2. Oh -- you will need a recent version of e2fsprogs > > > >J. > > So, unlike what

Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!

2001-11-10 Thread Tom Allison
Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: After all, wouldn't I have to reinstall everying on a new set up partitions in order to get the support for ext3??? No, you just have to use tune2fs to add a journal file to each partition, and change your fstab. ext3 is forward and backward compatible with ext2.

Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!

2001-11-10 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
> I went from the stable kernel in potatoe to 2.4.9 to 2.4.12. I had to > get to 2.4.12 because 2.4.9 had some irda problems. > > I won't get getting into 2.4.15 for a while yet as I'm curious to see > how this ext3 really shakes out and how it's used. 2.4.15-pre2 locks my box hard... > After

Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!

2001-11-10 Thread Tom Allison
Michael P. Soulier wrote: On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 12:53:38PM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: It's a conscious choice. I've read that Alan Cox is a big fan of lots of small-change releases rather than a few big ones. I guess it makes sense to release that way, I just wish they version

Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!

2001-11-10 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 12:53:38PM -0500, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > > It's a conscious choice. I've read that Alan Cox is a big fan of lots > of small-change releases rather than a few big ones. I guess it makes sense to release that way, I just wish they versioned a little differently, s

Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!

2001-11-10 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
* Michael P. Soulier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Great, they're weren't even done with 2.4.14 yet. Is it just me, or are > they churning out releases too damn fast for comfort? release early, release often. it's easier to locate and correct bugs in "small change" releases than it is

Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!

2001-11-10 Thread Jason Wojciechowski
Michael P. Soulier wrote: | Great, they're weren't even done with 2.4.14 yet. Is it just me, | or are they churning out releases too damn fast for comfort? I am | reassured by Debian's slow release cycle that it will be of high | quality. Kernel.org is slowly becoming as bad as

Re: ext3 to be in 2.4.15!

2001-11-10 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 11:10:50AM -0600, DvB wrote: > ... it's in as of 2.4.15-pre2 > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/testing/patch-2.4.15.log Great, they're weren't even done with 2.4.14 yet. Is it just me, or are they churning out releases too damn fast for comfort? I am reassured

ext3 to be in 2.4.15!

2001-11-10 Thread DvB
... it's in as of 2.4.15-pre2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/testing/patch-2.4.15.log