On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:39:05PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 07:26:15AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > I remember reading in the list that JFS was a dying FS, because IBM > > wasn't maintaining it full time. And that it might disappear from the > > kernel soon. > > > > Any one still using it. I was actually thinking of using it for my /tmp > > directory > > It would be a waste on /tmp since /tmp is cleared on reboot you don't > need to waste time on a fsck. I just have extra swap and have tmp on a > tmpfs. /tmp doesn't usually get used much so it may as well reside in > memory. Combined with an encrypted swap it gives handy encrypted > filesystem for some scratch work. I usually fill up tmp with crap. but i did follwo up some more on jfs , seems like there is no full time maintenance on it so, and i had thought I had read that it was meant to be fast for lots of small files, but I must have miss read that. I am going to still to ext3, wait till ext4 comes ready and keep using xfs for my large (video) partitions > > Doug. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "I understand that the unrest in the Middle East creates unrest throughout the region." - George W. Bush 03/13/2002 Washington, DC
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