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On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 23:40:36 +0200 |
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Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name> wrote: |
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> Hello! |
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> What filesystem(s) do you recommend for use on a notebook? |
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> I'm looking for a FS that's fairly stable even if all of a |
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> sudden the power goes away (battery empty) and one, that |
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> also doesn't (overly) unneccesarily spin up the hard drive. |
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Any journaling filesystem is going to spin up the drive or keep it spinning. |
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And unless your drive is one of the 7200 rpm drives, it's still not the energy |
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hog that the LCD is. |
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> I don't think that I'll use Reiser4, as it's lacking an |
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> online fs resizer. At least making the fs bigger should be |
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> doable while the FS is mounted. |
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You're asking for Enterprise server features for a laptop? |
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fwiw - I use XFS on my laptop. It survives fine with power going away. |
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But, if all the data is in the buffer and the drive is spun down, having the |
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power die will cause lost data regardless of filesystem. |
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Bob |
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