Re: [newbie] XFS vs. ReiserFS (OT resurrected)

2002-09-27 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 13:43, daRcmaTTeR wrote: Tom, Now you've got me wondering. I had been using Reiser and hadn't had any trouble at all, but a few months back I bought a brand new Dell and when I loaded Mandrake on it I chose XFS as opposed to Reiser. Mostly because of what I'd been

Re: [newbie] XFS vs. ReiserFS (OT resurrected)

2002-05-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 29 May 2002 05:37 pm, Franki wrote: I too am a proponent of reiserfs... I tried XFS with 8.2 but the inability of a boot disk really caused me problems, (my existing IBM300PL home server won't boot from the 40 gig IBM hard disk by itself (only see's it as a 8.4gig.) so the only

Re: [newbie] XFS vs. ReiserFS (OT resurrected)

2002-05-30 Thread Miark
I tried XFS with 8.2 but the inability of a boot disk really caused me problems, (my existing IBM300PL home server won't boot from the 40 gig IBM hard disk by itself (only see's it as a 8.4gig.) so the only way to get linux up and running is via boot disk.. (linux then see's the full 40gig

Re: [newbie] XFS vs. ReiserFS (OT resurrected)

2002-05-30 Thread Miark
Oops! I mean I put -8.2- on two desktops and a laptop using XFS on all three. No problems with boot disks. Miark I've installed XFS on two desktops and a laptop, using XFS on all three. It successfully made a boot disk for me every time. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] XFS vs. ReiserFS (OT resurrected)

2002-05-29 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Wed, 29 May 2002, Tom Brinkman wrote: FWIW, since I asked, after 3 experiences with XFS, I'm back to good 'ol tried'n true ReiserFS for all my Linux partitions. Sort'a way OT, I got a 350W inverter for $47 from Wally World a few months ago. It'll run a 19 TV for 5 to 6 hours off

Re: [newbie] XFS vs. ReiserFS (OT resurrected)

2002-05-29 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 29 May 2002 12:43 pm, daRcmaTTeR wrote: Tom, Now you've got me wondering. I had been using Reiser and hadn't had any trouble at all, but a few months back I bought a brand new Dell and when I loaded Mandrake on it I chose XFS as opposed to Reiser. Mostly because of what I'd been

Re: [newbie] XFS vs. ReiserFS (OT resurrected)

2002-05-29 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 29 May 2002 13:32:37 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heck if I know!! ;) All I know is I experienced some little gremlins here'n there with XFS, and I don't with Reiser. Mostly file transfer problems to vfat partitions, and occasional FS error messages while