how do I do that? I just installed mandrake 8.1, but don't really have chance to play with it yet... having exams now...
-----Original Message----- From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 November 2001 00:52 To: Loke Kit Kai; Mandrake Newbie List Subject: Re: [newbie] Reiser FS/ext3/Redhat... For a home system, basically nothing. I use it myself. Just be sure to mount your partitions with the notail parameter. However, we are talking about Red Hat, which is a server- and business-oriented distro. I don't believe that ReiserFS is the best choice of FS for servers. On Thu, 1 Nov 2001 23:44:29 +0800, "Loke Kit Kai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > may i know wat's wrong with ReiserFS? i thought a lot of ppl using that? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Ronald J. Hall > Sent: 01 November 2001 22:19 > To: Mandrake Newbie List > Subject: [newbie] Reiser FS/ext3/Redhat... > > > Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > > > I think that Red Hat had a very valid reason _not_ to include ReiserFS. > You must > > remember that Red Hat is a server distro that prizes security and > reliability > > Hi! Just as an observation, while on the Linux Lunacy trip, I got a chance > to > hear Michael Johnson of Redhat speak. He was asked by a software engineer > from > Brussels why not ReiserFS. Michael made comments to the effect of what you > just said. > > However, to be fair, didn't ext3 fail Civileme's sledgehammer hardware test? > > So...I guess there are valid concerns both ways. Once the ReiserFS gets a > little maturity, do you think it will stack up better serverwise, against > the > ext3 fs? > > Later! ;-) > > -- > > /\ > > Dark><Lord > \/ > > > > -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "... if you're a basic PC user thinking about buying XP, don't. It's basically malware. It harangues you with nagging, fake-friendly reminders to obtain a Passport and submit to product activation, and treats you like a child when you try to do anything heretical, like install a device driver of which it disapproves." -- Thomas C. Greene, "Win-XP vs Red Hat 7.2", The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk), 2001-10-30.
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