According to Hugo S.Carrer, > On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:06:21 +0200 > "PF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I found no faq or thread about comparing ReiserFS and Ext3FS for use on > > laptops. > > > > Can someone tell me her/his impressions? I'd like to install a Debian 3.1 on > > a HP Omnibook and I wish using journaled fs principally to avoid fschk's... > > > > I'm using ext3 on my toshiba, no fsck's for almost a year, and with several > power failures during heavy FS usage. For now its working great, the only > problem that I can't resolve is the commit interval. the HD spins down > after some time to save battery power but spins right back because of the > journal update or something , anyway it didn't happen with ext2 only.
... Check out noflushd. Also you can mount with option noatime to reduce writes (atime updating means you have a write for every read!). Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
