On July 13, 2001 02:44 pm, Terry A. Bowling wrote:
> Romanator wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Would most of you say that you would recommend Reiser FS and why?
> >
> > Roman
> > Registered Linux User #179293
> > "su is not the root of your problem
> > but the start of a new journey"
>
> I'm thinking that they've got the Reiser FS working just fine. I
> installed
> Mandrake8.0 on my laptop as a single partition / and it's RFS - I've let
> my
> battery die and I've forced an improper reboot and it's never failed me.
>
> I also installed my home desktop with 5 partitions: /boot, /, /var,
> /tmp, and
> /home - all Reiser and it's never failed me even though I abuse it as
> well.
>
> As far as incompatibilities, if Linux supports the format then it will
> work. It
> doesn't matter if you are mixing formats - linux will load the proper
> driver for
> the proper file system. Windows cannot natively read Reiser, ext2, or
> even nfs
> for that matter.
>
> Reiser is just a transparent file system that does a good job. As far
> as affecting how you read, write, compile or blow your nose, it is no
> different than any other file system. It will work just as well (or
> better) than ext2, nfs, or fat32, or anything else.
Hi Terry,
Sounds good. I'm just in the middle of reinstalling using the Reiser FS.
Thanks for responding,
Roman
