Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-09 Thread Michel Alexandre Salim
On Sunday 09 September 2001 1:03 pm, you wrote: > On 7 Sep 2001, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > > > - possibility to mount ext2 (so, possibility to use an older kernel, > > > > or to repair a system, etc) > > > > > Can you explain? If I compile ext2 support as a module, can't I mount an > ext2fs

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-08 Thread David Walluck
On 7 Sep 2001, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > > > > > - possibility to mount ext2 (so, possibility to use an older kernel, or to > > > repair a system, etc) > > > > Yes, but these really only apply to an Upgrade installation. On a brand > > new hard drive why should either of these matter? > >

RE: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-08 Thread Eugenio Diaz
--- David Walluck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For me, it's usually just for workstation use, but I'm glad to see > journaling as I have had ext2 crash so many times and have lost so much > data that I'm glad if we can finally put an end to all of that. I guess you mean **you** have crashed your

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
David Walluck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7 Sep 2001, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > > ext3 has two very important advantage : > > > > - flawless migration from ext2 > > > > - possibility to mount ext2 (so, possibility to use an older kernel, or to > > repair a system, etc) > > Yes, but

RE: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread David Walluck
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Borsenkow Andrej wrote: > ResierFS is the most efficient in handling large number of small files. > So you'd want to put your Oracle DB on XFS but your Squid cache on > Reiser (but beware, I have seen surveys that indicate that ext3 > sometimes behaves better that reiser for s

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread David Walluck
On 7 Sep 2001, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > ext3 has two very important advantage : > > - flawless migration from ext2 > > - possibility to mount ext2 (so, possibility to use an older kernel, or to > repair a system, etc) Yes, but these really only apply to an Upgrade installation. On a brand

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Fabrice FACORAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > We have fairly tested and benchmarked it > some indiscretions concerning the benchmarks ? XFS works. we haven't finished yet. see with civileme about that. > And what about the JFS case ? things have been fixed ? Not well, we working on that.

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Fabrice FACORAT
Le Vendredi 7 Septembre 2001 16:16, Chmouel Boudjnah scribit : > Borsenkow Andrej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > to whether or not these changes are a problem? > > > > Too late anyway :-) > > We have fairly tested and benchmarked it some indiscretions concerning the benchmarks ? And what a

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
David Walluck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ReiserFS, and I don't plan on using ext3, because the reason for its use > is only a political one. RedHat and the kernel developers are guilty of > this, and Mandrake ais s well. Until ext3 is stable and starts winning on > some benchmark tests why sho

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Borsenkow Andrej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > to whether or not these changes are a problem? > Too late anyway :-) We have fairly tested and benchmarked it

RE: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Borsenkow Andrej
> > > what ? > > I believed that there was too many changes in the core kernel ? or are > we > > going to have 3 kernel ? kernel2-2.2.19 kernel-2.4.8-xymdk and > > kernel-xfs-2.4.8zmdk ? > > > > If we got 3 kernel, are you going to find enough place to put everything > in > > it ? > > Yes, I kno

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
Borsenkow Andrej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Xfsprogs now in RPMS. Does it mean we now officially support xfs? Will > it be included in kernel then? * Fri Sep 07 2001 Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.4.8-21mdk - Add XFS support (P4600, P4601) (R.Cattelan). -- Guillaume Cottenceau -

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
David Walluck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > reason to be politics. And since Mandrake chooses ext3 simply because > RedHat does (RedHat compatibility), then they are guilty of these same > politics. we don't choose anything we give the choice. The advantage of ext3 actually is a technique point,

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread David Walluck
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Fabrice FACORAT wrote: > what ? > I believed that there was too many changes in the core kernel ? or are we > going to have 3 kernel ? kernel2-2.2.19 kernel-2.4.8-xymdk and > kernel-xfs-2.4.8zmdk ? > > If we got 3 kernel, are you going to find enough place to put everything in

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Fabrice FACORAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > what ? > I believed that there was too many changes in the core kernel ? or are we we worked with the XFS developers about that to make it safe and clean, and we have great support from theses guys.

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Borsenkow Andrej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Wow! When? Comes it in 8.1 as well? Now, just upload, 8.1 as well.

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Fabrice FACORAT
Le Vendredi 7 Septembre 2001 15:12, Chmouel Boudjnah scribit : > Borsenkow Andrej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Xfsprogs now in RPMS. Does it mean we now officially support xfs? Will > > it be included in kernel then? > > yep. what ? I believed that there was too many changes in the core kernel

RE: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Borsenkow Andrej
> > > Xfsprogs now in RPMS. Does it mean we now officially support xfs? Will > > it be included in kernel then? > > yep. Wow! When? Comes it in 8.1 as well?

Re: [Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Borsenkow Andrej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Xfsprogs now in RPMS. Does it mean we now officially support xfs? Will > it be included in kernel then? yep.

[Cooker] xfs now in maintream?

2001-09-07 Thread Borsenkow Andrej
Xfsprogs now in RPMS. Does it mean we now officially support xfs? Will it be included in kernel then? -andrej