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Dale writes: |
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> Same here. I use ext3 and reiserfs, depending on what it is, but /boot |
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> is always ext2. Why, it works well with grub and has for many many |
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> years and most likely will for many years to come as well. |
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> As for making things the same, that my not always be a good idea |
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> either. I put some things on reiserfs but some on ext3. It seams each |
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> file system has its strengths and weaknesses. I read that portage, with |
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> a lot of small files, does better on ext* file systems. So I put |
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> portage on that. Most everything else is on reiserfs. |
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It's the other way around here - all ext3 except for /boot, but the portage |
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tree is on reiserfs. Which is said to be very fast when dealing with lots of |
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small files, because files under 4K are stored directly in the inodes. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReiserFS#Performance |
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Wonko |
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