Re: ReiserFS for root partition

2002-05-15 Thread Bret Hughes
On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 13:41, Anand Buddhdev wrote: > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 01:02:49PM -0500, Kevin Krieser wrote: > > > I believe their intent is that they would prefer you use EXT3, which is > > another journalling filesystem, with it's own advantages and disadvantages > > with regard to Reise

RE: ReiserFS for root partition

2002-05-13 Thread Kevin Krieser
dhdev Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 1:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ReiserFS for root partition On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 01:02:49PM -0500, Kevin Krieser wrote: > I believe their intent is that they would prefer you use EXT3, which is > another journalling filesystem, with it'

Re: ReiserFS for root partition

2002-05-13 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anand Buddhdev wrote: >I don't know of any links now, but I recall from different separate emails >in the past that the 2 main reasons for preferring ext3 over ReiserFS are: That's the sort of thing I was looking for, but I had limited success in m

Re: ReiserFS for root partition

2002-05-13 Thread Anand Buddhdev
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 12:05:57PM -0700, David Talkington wrote: > >Yes I realise that, and I know some of the reasons why RedHat prefers us > >to use ext3. > > If someone can smack me with a link to an exposition of the above, I'd > be interested in the discussion. Thank you -d I don't kno

Re: ReiserFS for root partition

2002-05-13 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anand Buddhdev wrote: >Yes I realise that, and I know some of the reasons why RedHat prefers us >to use ext3. If someone can smack me with a link to an exposition of the above, I'd be interested in the discussion. Thank you -d - -- David Talkin

Re: ReiserFS for root partition

2002-05-13 Thread Anand Buddhdev
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 01:02:49PM -0500, Kevin Krieser wrote: > I believe their intent is that they would prefer you use EXT3, which is > another journalling filesystem, with it's own advantages and disadvantages > with regard to Reiserfs. Yes I realise that, and I know some of the reasons why

RE: ReiserFS for root partition

2002-05-13 Thread Kevin Krieser
o 7.3. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anand Buddhdev Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 8:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ReiserFS for root partition I see that kernel 2.4.18 (shipping with RedHat 7.3) has stable patches for ReiserFS, and it seems

ReiserFS for root partition

2002-05-13 Thread Anand Buddhdev
I see that kernel 2.4.18 (shipping with RedHat 7.3) has stable patches for ReiserFS, and it seems as if reiserfs is now stable enough to be used safely. But the RedHat installer does not offer an option to format any partitions with reiserfs dusring installation. Is there a reason for this, or is