Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-02-01 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-01-25 23:14:02, schrieb James Bromberger: > Sam Reed wrote: > >Changing the reserved space, from what i can gather, is used if it runs out > >of space on the / drive.. It's not going to cause any problems is it? > > > > No, its not dangerous at all. The "reserved" space is, as you say,

RE: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-26 Thread Sam Reed
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 January 2008 01:31 To: Martin Guy Cc: Sam Reed; debian-arm@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2 On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 05:42:31AM +, Martin Guy wrote: > Not used JFS, but used reiserfs on x86 and ARMs for years and never > lost a byt

Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-26 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 05:42:31AM +, Martin Guy wrote: > Not used JFS, but used reiserfs on x86 and ARMs for years and never > lost a byte, no matter how roughly I treated them. ext3 is slow, > probably due to being ext2 fs with some extra stuff on top, and it has > happened that the underlyin

Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-26 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:37:40PM -, Sam Reed wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a 500GB drive attached to my Debian NSLU2, and noticed there was > 25GB of space missing > > > > A bit of research found it was reserved space - 5% (of 500 = 25) > > > > And was able to change this using "tune2fs

RE: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-26 Thread Sam Reed
, but presumably for v3 Will install that! Thanks again, Sam -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Guy Sent: 26 January 2008 22:09 To: Sam Reed Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2 > reise

Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-26 Thread Martin Guy
> reiserfsprogs - User-level tools for ReiserFS filesystems should do. Reiser4 is not much loved... packages.debian.org -> search reiserfsprogs -> Files to see what's in it. reiserfs3 is the one we know and love -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

RE: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-26 Thread Sam Reed
unt, and use away to my hearts content? Cheers Sam -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Guy Sent: 26 January 2008 12:19 To: Sam Reed Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2 > Is it a kernel pat

Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-26 Thread Martin Guy
> Is it a kernel patch needed to add reiserFS support, or just some other > libraries/packages to add? The one included in the standard kernel is ok. $ apt-cache search reiser for tools to create/fsck/tune reiser volumes M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

RE: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-26 Thread Sam Reed
Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2 > Someone suggested using XFS/ReiserFS over ext3.. Some more research found > Martin saying don't use XFS on ARM > (http://www.nabble.com/Problem-with-XFS-on-NSLU2--td14171563.html). > Someone else in the same

Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-25 Thread Martin Guy
> Someone suggested using XFS/ReiserFS over ext3.. Some more research found > Martin saying don't use XFS on ARM > (http://www.nabble.com/Problem-with-XFS-on-NSLU2--td14171563.html). > Someone else in the same thread suggested JFS would be ok.. > > > > Is there going to much gained from changing to

RE: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-25 Thread Sam Reed
Anything less than 1%, it takes as 0 blocks... Suppose I could just turn it off, seeing as its not dangerous Sam -Original Message- From: James Bromberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 January 2008 23:14 To: Sam Reed Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Filesystems for

RE: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-25 Thread Sam Reed
: Sam Reed Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2 Sam Reed wrote: > Changing the reserved space, from what i can gather, is used if it > runs out of space on the / drive.. It's not going to cause any problems is it? > No, its not dangerous at all.

Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-25 Thread James Bromberger
Sam Reed wrote: Changing the reserved space, from what i can gather, is used if it runs out of space on the / drive.. It's not going to cause any problems is it? No, its not dangerous at all. The "reserved" space is, as you say, only available to the "root" user. No other user on the syste

RE: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-25 Thread Sam Reed
omberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 January 2008 22:35 To: Sam Reed Cc: debian-arm@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2 Sam Reed wrote: > > I've got a 500GB drive attached to my Debian NSLU2, and noticed there > was 25GB of space missing > > A bit of

Re: Filesystems for Debian NSLU2

2008-01-25 Thread James Bromberger
Sam Reed wrote: I’ve got a 500GB drive attached to my Debian NSLU2, and noticed there was 25GB of space missing A bit of research found it was reserved space – 5% (of 500 = 25) And was able to change this using “tune2fs -m 1 /dev/sdb1” Someone suggested using XFS/ReiserFS over ext3.. Some m