This is a strange problem that I have explored ever since beta 3 came out.
I am not sure if it exited before beta 3, since I did not test it as much
as I have now, but it could have. Anyway.. on with the problem.
Reiserfs brakes bad with the kernel that came with beta 3 and even the
newer cooker 2.4.3-17mdk. It almost randomly seems to hang while accessing
reiserfs filesystems and refuses to do anything. The ONLY solution is the
reset button. It FOR SURE hangs when creating/accessing files larger than
2.0G and many files under /usr/share/doc. The files like /usr/share/doc
"seem" to get away when I reformated the filesystem with the newer
Reiserfs 3.6 (it was 3.5 before). However, the only way to get hanging
problem solved (especially with large files) is to use kernels that are
lower than or equal to the one shipped with 8.0 beta 2.
Anyone have ANY idea what is going on? TIA.
