I personally like reiserfs, I believe it is optimized for many small files (but I could be thinking wrong), which fits the bill of most linux systems. I still use ext3 for my boot partition, but I really like reiserfs for my /var /home and such. Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss- > admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Michael Havens > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 2:13 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: I just redid the drives on the HD > > > I was wondering what you all thought of the reiserfs? By lack of mention > of it > I suppose tihis means no one thinks to much of it. > -- > <:-)Mike(-:> > > > On Sunday 25 April 2004 15:14, Kevin Brown wrote: > > Michael Havens wrote: > > > and was wondering how in the world do you make the file system type > ext > > > 3. In cfdisk you go in there and ext3 isn't a choice.The closest that > is > > > there is Linux Extended. I am trying to make it ext3 because that is > what > > > I have knowledge of (limited as it may be) but tell me what you all > > > believe to be best if it is not ext3 and tell us all why. > > > > ext3 is just ext2 with a journal file. So if you create ext2, you can > use > > the, I believe, tune2fs util to create a journal and change it to an > ext3 > > partition. Then just modify /etc/fstab to reflect the new type. > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > This message has been scanned for viruses by the VEI Internet > Automatic Email Spam and Virus Scanner, and is believed to be free of spam > or viruses. > Please report spam to spamtrap@vei.net. If you would like 98.9 % spam > blocked from your > E-mail then go to VEI Internet for details. Anti-spam/Anti-virus is FREE > with every account. > > > http://www.vei.net/ > mailtospamtrap@vei.net > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss