I have used RieserFS and have been very happy with it for the most part.  There
are some limitations with it, however, you cannot resize a partion (at least not
easily), and Quotas dont always work for me.  Also, because not every kernel knows
about RieserFS without loading modules, its a Good Idea to leave your / and /boot
on ext2, though not total necessary. I have a box with 100% RieserFS on it.  Its
had a few powerdrops too, and it boots in about the same time as it would if it
were cleanly unmounted.


Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org
[mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Simeon Johnston
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 8:57 AM
To: TCLUG
Subject: [TCLUG] The Search For A Better Filesystem.


We had a bad power outage last night.  Someone ran into a phone pole or
something...  Surged on and off for a while before we got all the
machines off.  A bunch of our machines have some major problems now.
I am wondering if there is a better filesystem then ext2 for this kind
of thing?  IIRC RieserFS and Ext3 wouldn't have a problem with sudden
and complete losses of power because of the way they right to the HD.
Actually any Journaling FS should be like this.
I'm not sure but that's what I heard.

Is this correct?  If so I think I'll switch over reeeeaaaaal soon.
I've been having a lot of power problems lately and no UPS's (don't
bother me with crap like "you should always have a UPS" and "What the
hell are you thinking".  No UPS.  Get over it.  You'll be happy to know
I do have power cleaners).

Is there a filesystem that is built to handle this sort of thing.
If not there should be.

sim
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