Re: [gentoo-user] Ext4 status - Alternative to ext2/3 for gentoo portage and more

[Strong Cypher]

Ok guy thanks for answer ...
For my use, mix of ext2/ext3 in partition (lvm) and sparse file could speed
up my system ...
I think it could not at the same point of reiser4 but  support in case of
crash could really be better ...

Thanks for answer

It's not easy to create filesystem that's is perfect for all case I see ...
perhaps one day :) (I can dream, or make it)

2008/2/15, Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>:
>
> Aaron Clark wrote:
> > Dale wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Little addition to XFS, I tried it once a while ago.  Every time the
> >> power failed, it would never boot again.  I can say from personal
> >> experience and from what I have read from others, if you plan to use
> >> XFS, have a good UPS hooked up.  It does not like power failures at
> >> all.  YMMV
> >>
> >
> > :)  In the YMMV category, I've used XFS on pretty much every file
> > server I've had in the last 4-5 years and it's never given me any
> > trouble despite pretty much never having a UPS hooked up and a decent
> > number of power outages.  Granted, I never used it on my root
> > filesystem, only storage partitions.
> >
> > Aaron
>
>
> Good idea not to use it on the / file system.  LOL  I was using Mandriva
> for my ex's Mom.  After about three or four tries, I went back to
> reiserfs.  It would crash but it would boot right back up again.
> Nothing lost that I know of.
>
> I just never trusted it again.  I have also been told, and read
> elsewhere, that it is a pretty well known thing that it doesn't like
> power failures.  It has its good points tho, which is why I was trying
> it out.
>
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
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