Re: Overwrite existing partition with zeros without hurting partition table? (Debian Lenny)
Mark Allums put forth on 3/7/2010 6:17 PM:
> ReiserFS is okay. *Was* okay. I wouldn't use it *now*. But I find
> it curious that your chosen alternative is XFS.
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> Mark Allums
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> Ext4 is usable, provided one doesn't ever need to rescue. Current live
> CDs don't support it well (or mdRAID, or LVM2, either). So I use Ext3,
> and will continue to do so until either btrFS or ZFS is usable (and
> well-supported).
I find it interesting that you find my choice "curious", given that you
avoid the two oldest and most mature *nix journaling filesystems available,
XFS and JFS. And XFS has more tools and instrumentation available on Linux
than any filesystem.
Maybe this difference of opinion is application specific. I only use Linux
for servers, not desktops. XFS/JFS weren't designed with the desktop/laptop
in mind, but high performance servers. These filesystems may not be a good
fit for desktop/laptop use. I've never attempted it and have no experience
with it, so I have no opinion. However, for server use, they can't be beat.
--
Stan
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