Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Mark Kirkwood
I wrote: I have used xfs on 2 Gentoo servers for the last year of so - several power outages, no problems: $ df -m Doh! meant to type 'mount' not 'df': $ mount /dev/md/2 on / type xfs (rw,noatime) /dev/md/0 on /boot type xfs (rw,noatime) /dev/md/3 on /tmp type xfs (rw,noatime) /dev/md/4 on /v

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Mark Kirkwood
Mick wrote: Hmm, this article suggests that XFS is the best thing since sliced bread . . . especially for files greater than 500MB. Not sure I've got many of these. Has anyone got a particularly good experience with XFS vs e.g. Reiserfs? What about JFS? I have used xfs on 2 Gentoo ser

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:34:53 +, Mick wrote: > Hmm, this article suggests that XFS is the best thing since sliced > bread . . . especially for files greater than 500MB. Not sure I've got > many of these. I found that too, so I use XFS for partitions that handle large files (ISO images, video

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Stroller
On 20 Dec 2007, at 21:34, Mick wrote: ... Hmm, this article suggests that XFS is the best thing since sliced bread . . . especially for files greater than 500MB. Not sure I've got many of these. A TV episode might well be 700meg. Has anyone got a particularly good experience with XFS vs

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Thursday 20 December 2007, Dan Farrell wrote: > >> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:40:48 -0600 >> >> Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Philip Webb wrote: >>> 071218 Sergey Kobzar wrote: > - ReiserFS looks unsupported now > What

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Mick
On Thursday 20 December 2007, Dan Farrell wrote: > On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:40:48 -0600 > > Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Philip Webb wrote: > > > 071218 Sergey Kobzar wrote: > > >> - ReiserFS looks unsupported now > > > > > > What do you base that assessment on ? It's true > > > that RFS 4 wa

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-20 Thread Dan Farrell
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:40:48 -0600 Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Philip Webb wrote: > > 071218 Sergey Kobzar wrote: > > > >> - ReiserFS looks unsupported now > >> > > > > What do you base that assessment on ? It's true > > that RFS 4 was going nowhere even before its creator's legal >

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-19 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 19 December 2007, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > On Mittwoch, 19. Dezember 2007, Philip Webb wrote: > > 071218 Sergey Kobzar wrote: > > > - ReiserFS looks unsupported now > > > > What do you base that assessment on ? It's true > > that RFS 4 was going nowhere even before its creator's

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-19 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday 19 December 2007 00:01:45 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > ... we're talking about laptops, so a sudden loss of power is not > something that could happen at any moment. Unless its battery is in the same clapped-out state as mine. -- Rgds Peter -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-18 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Mittwoch, 19. Dezember 2007, Philip Webb wrote: > 071218 Sergey Kobzar wrote: > > - ReiserFS looks unsupported now > > What do you base that assessment on ? It's true > that RFS 4 was going nowhere even before its creator's legal problems, > but RFS 3 is still well-supported as a Gentoo pkg, is

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-18 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Mittwoch, 19. Dezember 2007, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Dec 18, 2007 6:40 PM, Hemmann, Volker Armin > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mittwoch, 19. Dezember 2007, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > > On Dec 18, 2007 2:56 PM, Sergey Kobzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-18 Thread Dale
Philip Webb wrote: > 071218 Sergey Kobzar wrote: > >> - ReiserFS looks unsupported now >> > > What do you base that assessment on ? It's true > that RFS 4 was going nowhere even before its creator's legal problems, > but RFS 3 is still well-supported as a Gentoo pkg, isn't it ? > When I in

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-18 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Dec 18, 2007 6:40 PM, Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mittwoch, 19. Dezember 2007, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > On Dec 18, 2007 2:56 PM, Sergey Kobzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > > > [...] > > > > > - ext3 looks slow some time > > > > The defaults are

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-18 Thread Philip Webb
071218 Sergey Kobzar wrote: > - ReiserFS looks unsupported now What do you base that assessment on ? It's true that RFS 4 was going nowhere even before its creator's legal problems, but RFS 3 is still well-supported as a Gentoo pkg, isn't it ? When I installed Gentoo on my new desktop machine rec

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-18 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Mittwoch, 19. Dezember 2007, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Dec 18, 2007 2:56 PM, Sergey Kobzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > [...] > > > - ext3 looks slow some time > > The defaults are slow, but you can change them and make it OK. Not > super fast, but OK. Check out > /usr/src/l

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-18 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Dec 18, 2007 2:56 PM, Sergey Kobzar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, [...] > - ext3 looks slow some time The defaults are slow, but you can change them and make it OK. Not super fast, but OK. Check out /usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt, and tweak the obvious options. dat

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-18 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Dienstag, 18. Dezember 2007, Jerry McBride wrote: > On Tuesday 18 December 2007 04:37:30 pm Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > On Dienstag, 18. Dezember 2007, Jerry McBride wrote: > > > On Tuesday 18 December 2007 03:56:10 pm Sergey Kobzar wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > > > I just had discuss

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-18 Thread Jerry McBride
On Tuesday 18 December 2007 04:37:30 pm Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > On Dienstag, 18. Dezember 2007, Jerry McBride wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 December 2007 03:56:10 pm Sergey Kobzar wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > I just had discussion with my friend which file system to use on > > > laptop with

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-18 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Dienstag, 18. Dezember 2007, Jerry McBride wrote: > On Tuesday 18 December 2007 03:56:10 pm Sergey Kobzar wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I just had discussion with my friend which file system to use on > > laptop with Gentoo. > > > > - ReiserFS looks unsupported now > > - ext3 looks slow some time

Re: [gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-18 Thread Jerry McBride
On Tuesday 18 December 2007 03:56:10 pm Sergey Kobzar wrote: > Hi guys, > > I just had discussion with my friend which file system to use on > laptop with Gentoo. > > - ReiserFS looks unsupported now > - ext3 looks slow some time > - XFS maybe? > > Requirements are: > - low memory usage > - fast en

[gentoo-user] FS for laptop

2007-12-18 Thread Sergey Kobzar
Hi guys, I just had discussion with my friend which file system to use on laptop with Gentoo. - ReiserFS looks unsupported now - ext3 looks slow some time - XFS maybe? Requirements are: - low memory usage - fast enough for laptop - good supported Any ideas? -- Sergey -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ma