ReiserFS is generaly better than Ext2 in almost every way. I,
particular, it is faster, more space-efficient (no clusters!) and more
crash-tolerant (since it journals). ReiserFS is set up just like any
Ext2 partition. Formatting a Reiser partition will erase all data on
it. Make sure you kernel supports ReiserFS (Mandrake kernels from
Mandrake 7.1 onward do). Of course, you will need to modify your
/etc/fstab for the new partition to be mounted at boot. Windos cannot
read ReiserFS at all, so if you need Windos keep a spare FAT or NTFS
partition. More information on ReiserFS can be found at
http://www.namesys.com.
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 02:43, Paul Rodríguez wrote:
> Can you tell us newbies a little bit more about reiser,
> particularly, was it difficult to configure/set up? Also, If I
> share a drive with win on another partition, can I switch to reiser?
> I'm going to look it up now, but I was interested in your subjected
> opinion of it.
>
> -Paul R
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Weaver
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 11:36 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] defrag in Linux?
>
> Ryan Le Gros wrote:
> > the way the linux file system works keeps your drive defragmented
> > at all times. thats one of the reasons its absolutely vital that
> > you shut your machine down properly.
>
> Not if you're running with ReiserFS. :) I don't know if I'll ever
> go back to ext2. Not that there's anything wrong with it..its just
> that Reiser is...Well, one day the power went out while I was
> running and when it came back on the comp came back up and never
> missed a beat. At that moment I was sold on ReiserFS.
> --
> Mark
>
> "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being
> worthless,"
> "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
>
>
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