On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 08:39:28PM -0400, Kenneth Graves wrote: > I'm told that [RedHat] 7.2 will install using ext3 journaling > filesystem support by default. Would this be something worth > waiting for? > > Call me a cynic, but I'd say it's something to avoid. RedHat has > a tendency to release beta-quality code (including kernel modifications), > then issue patches later. (I don't know about ext3 specifically, but > I don't see it in the 2.4.3 sources. Or in a quick glance through > the changelogs up to 2.4.9. Is it really ready for prime time?) Kinda depends on how flaky the hardware is, I suppose. The flakier, the more points for journaling. I kinda wish I had journaling filesystems on my laptop that crashes if I close the screen or suspend to disk while running X or for various other reasons(?). With its 12GB drive and /usr mounted ro, it takes over 10 minutes to recover. Sorry, this is way offtopic for Perl.
