I have tried to install Debian's testing from scratch. The partition scheme was to have anything other then /usr, /var and /tmp included in a 100MB root partition. The FS for the root partition was ReiserFS. The plan was to install Debian's base and c/c++ related packages as well many kde/gnome packages. The installation failed because the root fs was too small. du/df showed something like 66,000 blocks were occupied but still 100% disk usage. I have then tried to install much less packages, but time with ext3 for the root partition. df/du showed a total of about 95,000 blocks and enough free space to install more packages, although I doubt whether it is sufficient for all the packages from my previous attempt. The kernel is 2.4.25 and the Reiser version is 3.6. My hasty, non scientific, calls for comments conclusion is that the overhead of the Reiser fs is too high for what I have tried. Another thought of the hasty type is whether a file system should act as a data base. Aren't small, efficient tools for well defined tasks better then more complicated tools? Other then the long delay on boot, isn't ext2 a reasonable fs? Debian's installer suggests ext2, ext3, Reiser, xfs and jfs to choose from.
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