Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-20 Thread Anand Kumria
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:51:36AM -0500, Daniel B. wrote: > Hall Stevenson wrote: > > ...(see this page, > > http://www.zip.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html, for full info), etc, > > ... > > Is anyone else having trouble accessing that page (unknown host)? .au operates a three-level domain he

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 02:54:32AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:51:36AM -0500, Daniel B. wrote: > > Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > ...(see this page, > > > http://www.zip.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html, for full info), etc, > > > ... > > > > Is anyone else having troub

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:51:36AM -0500, Daniel B. wrote: > > ...(see this page, > > http://www.zip.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html, for full info), etc, > > ... > > Is anyone else having trouble accessing that page (unknown host)? Yeah, it's zip.com.au, not zip.au. (Australian domains are

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 12:38:34AM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote: > tune2fs -j /dev/ > Can't remember if device should be unmounted (i'd try that first). Not necissary. -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 09:29:09PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > tune2fs -j /dev/hdXX What if my hard drive's SCSI? EXT3 can't possibly be IDE/MFM/RLL exclusive, can it? 8:o) -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have be

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 09:23:27PM -0500, Daniel B. wrote: > > My pick of ext3 was the fact that all the tools that work with ext2 > > work just as readily with ext3. I was also able to convert within a > > few minutes from ext2 on the command line. > > What do you use to convert? As a courtesy

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-19 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Once upon a time Daniel B. said... > Hall Stevenson wrote: > > ...(see this page, > > http://www.zip.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html, for full info), etc, > > ... > > Is anyone else having trouble accessing that page (unknown host)? The host should be www.zip.com.au -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-19 Thread Jorge Santos
Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Daniel B. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030218 21:25]: > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > ... > > > My pick of ext3 was the fact that all the tools that work with ext2 > > > work just as readily with ext3. I was also able to convert within a > > > few minutes from

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
At 10:51 AM 2/19/2003 -0500, Daniel B. wrote: Hall Stevenson wrote: > ...(see this page, > http://www.zip.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html, for full info), etc, > ... Is anyone else having trouble accessing that page (unknown host)? I didn't have any trouble last night when I sent it, but to

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-19 Thread Daniel B.
Hall Stevenson wrote: > ...(see this page, > http://www.zip.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html, for full info), etc, > ... Is anyone else having trouble accessing that page (unknown host)? Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-18 Thread Steven Yap
On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 18:23, Daniel B. wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > ... > > My pick of ext3 was the fact that all the tools that work with ext2 > > work just as readily with ext3. I was also able to convert within a > > few minutes from ext2 on the command line. > > What do you use to convert

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-18 Thread Michael Wardle
On Wednesday, February 19, 2003 13:23, Daniel B. wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > ... > > My pick of ext3 was the fact that all the tools that work with ext2 > > work just as readily with ext3. I was also able to convert within > > a few minutes from ext2 on the command line. > > What do you use t

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-18 Thread Russell Shaw
Daniel B. wrote: Paul Johnson wrote: ... My pick of ext3 was the fact that all the tools that work with ext2 work just as readily with ext3. I was also able to convert within a few minutes from ext2 on the command line. What do you use to convert? Daniel tune2fs -j /dev/ Can't remem

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-18 Thread Seneca
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 09:23:27PM -0500, Daniel B. wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > ... > > My pick of ext3 was the fact that all the tools that work with ext2 > > work just as readily with ext3. I was also able to convert within a > > few minutes from ext2 on the command line. > > What do you u

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-18 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Daniel B. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030218 21:25]: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > ... > > My pick of ext3 was the fact that all the tools that work with ext2 > > work just as readily with ext3. I was also able to convert within a > > few minutes from ext2 on the command line. > > What do you use to conve

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-18 Thread Daniel B.
Paul Johnson wrote: > ... > My pick of ext3 was the fact that all the tools that work with ext2 > work just as readily with ext3. I was also able to convert within a > few minutes from ext2 on the command line. What do you use to convert? Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSU

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-14 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 02:19:22AM -0700, Al Davis wrote: > The basic question ... Why choose one over the other? Technically, what is > different? My pick of ext3 was the fact that all the tools that work with ext2 work just as readily with ext3. I was also able to convert within a few minute

Re: File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-14 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Al Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am trying to understand them. > > The basic question ... Why choose one over the other? Technically, what is > different? > > My benchmarks seem to show that Reiser is superior, but they may be flawed. > What I see is that it is faster and uses space

File systems -- reiser vs. ext3

2003-02-14 Thread Al Davis
I am trying to understand them. The basic question ... Why choose one over the other? Technically, what is different? My benchmarks seem to show that Reiser is superior, but they may be flawed. What I see is that it is faster and uses space more efficiently. I get about a 4:1 difference fo