On Fri 12 Sep 2003, Joerg Sommer wrote:
> begin  Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> >> : - The ext3 filesystem has gained indexed directory support, which offers

> > AFAIK this is only a feature in 2.5/2.6 kernels, which at the moment
> 
> #v+
> # tune2fs -l /dev/vg1/lvol1 | grep feat
> Filesystem features:      dir_index filetype sparse_super
> # uname -a
> Linux joerg 2.4.21 #1 Son Jun 15 15:09:29 MEST 2003 i586 GNU/Linux
> #v-

That the attribute is set on the filesystem doesn't mean it's being
used.

> > As said earlier, I'd recommend reiserfs instead.
> 
> ...if you want shred your data.

Please elaborate.

I've used reiserfs on a newsspool for 5 (!) years now, without any
problems, even though at that time reiserfs was still quite
experimental; a newsspool doesn't really contain important data and will
benefit from reiserfs. However, it just worked fine.

In the last 6 months I've used reiserfs for my laptop (40GB fs), and a
video editing pc (2 x 120GB, one of which I use to backup my work pc on
via rsync). Zero problems.

SuSE by default installs reiserfs; I don't think SuSE would stake their
hard-earned reputation on a shaky filesystem.

So, if you want to make a point, please back it up with facts, instead
of spreading FUD.


Paul Slootman

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