Re: ReiserFS on Powerbook?
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 08:03:42AM -0500, Derrik Pates wrote:
> Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> >If you are loooking for an alternative journalling filesystems, you
> >may want to give xfs a try. I've used it on my powerbooks for quite
> >some time now. It's probably never mentioned in installation reports
> >because until recently, it required a patched kernel source tree.
>
> I'm using IBM's JFS on my Powerbook Pismo, and IMO it seems to handle
> system load much better than it did with ext3. I also use it on a
> PowerMac 7500 system I have Linux on. It's been very stable, and works
> exceedingly well. I've also heard horror stories like what Ben was
> talking about re: reiserfs (even on x86), so I haven't used it. The only
> unfortunate thing is that I haven't seen a Debian install disc that
> includes JFS utilities. I had to use FireWire target disk mode with my
> x86 system, back up, repartition, and restore, but I'm quite pleased
> with the results.
Notice that debian-installer's kernel .udeb seem to include a JFS .udeb,
so it would just be a matter to adding proper JFS support in partman, or
something such.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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