On Friday 28 February 2003 09:44 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > All i'm taking from this excerpt is that something is very badly broken > in the way that Gentoo impliments XFS. Unless there's some explanation > on what an 'emerge' would do that is possible on other distros? >
The "emerge" has nothing to do with XFS, per se. Emerge is the gentoo package manager. This appears to be a one-off report. > On 02/28/03 20:42, Collins wrote: > > I know that most people on this list consider XFS to be rock-solid > > reliable, but I keep reading from time to time that it is not perfect. > > Excerpt from a recent posting on Gentoo. > > > > ----------------- > > > >>From C. Candell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > You need to emerge xfs-sources for support XFS of > > filesystems. I've been using XFS for a few months now, but I wouldnt > > use it on a computer which is not connected to a UPS since I've had > > a few nasty accidents with XFS where shutting down in the middle of > > an emerge has left my system crippled (on a computer NOT on a UPS). > > > > If you have a UPS then I suggest you give the XFS filesystem a > > try... but please make sure to read more about it, since you can > > loose data if you are not careful and do a hard shutdown in the > > middle of something important. > > > > ----------------- > > > > PS: I'm not trying to start an fs war (I have nothing against XFS, other > > than the fact that it's not yet part of the stable kernel) - just > > reporting feedback. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
