Re: btrfs on an external HD?
That is a good point. Is anyone using the 2.6.36-1~experimental.1 from
experimental? Any stability issues?
--b
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 4:15 AM, Jochen Schulz <ml@well-adjusted.de> wrote:
> Brad Alexander:
>>
>> I was thinking about setting up a btrfs filesystem on this drive since
>> it will be mainly be data from my home workstation that I will be
>> using on my work laptop, so the data will be safely elsewhere. Both
>> the home workstation and the work laptop are running sid
>> (2.6.32-5-amd64),
>
> My advice is to upgrade the kernel. 2.6.32 is almost a year old. If you
> want to try an experimental filesystem, use the most recent version.
>
>> Is this a valid use case for btrfs?
>
> It doesn't look like you have any special needs, so any "general
> purpose" FS will do. The question is whether your data is valuable or
> easily recoverable from a backup.
>
> J.
> --
> People talking a foreign language are romantic and mysterious.
> [Agree] [Disagree]
> <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
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