Re: Ext3 vs Ext2

2003-03-12 Thread Justin Zygmont
you might have to make a new initrd and set grub to point to that. On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Margaret_Doll wrote: > I am missing something with the data=writeback option in /etc/fstab > I put that in place of the "defaults" for the system disk partitions > and now > only / gets mounted and it is in

Re: Ext3 vs Ext2

2003-03-12 Thread Margaret_Doll
I am missing something with the data=writeback option in /etc/fstab I put that in place of the "defaults" for the system disk partitions and now only / gets mounted and it is in a read-only mode. On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 10:58 PM, Justin Zygmont wrote: I never noticed any difference. Try

Re: Ext3 vs Ext2

2003-03-11 Thread Javier Gostling
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 23:01, JD wrote: > Hallo list, > I have a "feeling" that ext3 is much slower than ext2. My hadrdrive > blinks more often after I let RH8 formatted it with its favorite ext3; > not to mention the noise from the harddrive rotation. > As I said, it's just a "feeling" so please

Re: Ext3 vs Ext2

2003-03-11 Thread Justin Zygmont
> ext2 distro on there now. Honestly, I can't really tell a difference > between ext2 and ext3, but my laptop is fairly new (2 Ghz P4). I like > having the extra protection of ext3/reiserfs. and I have a fairly slow computer (p-200) and I can't even tell the difference. There should be very

Re: Ext3 vs Ext2

2003-03-11 Thread Keith Winston
JD wrote: Make sense! I'm always a linux laptop user [this time is on vaio]. That "slower" feeling comes because, like if I fire up the konsole then it takes a second or two before the prompt shows up. Firing up other apps is also the same, it always makes the HD seem to work extra harder. In th

Re: Ext3 vs Ext2

2003-03-11 Thread Tom Ball
I found ext3 much slower on my laptop when it was first installed. However, after adding "data=writeback" to the /etc/fstab settings for /, my system is now "fast enough". Tom On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 19:01, JD wrote: > Hallo list, > I have a "feeling" that ext3 is much slower than ext2. My hadr

Re: Ext3 vs Ext2

2003-03-11 Thread JD
ng up other apps is also the same, it always makes the HD seem to work extra harder. JD - Original Message - From: "JD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:01 PM Subject: Ext3 vs Ext2 Hallo list, I have a "feeling"

Re: Ext3 vs Ext2

2003-03-11 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:22:14 +0200, Jason Dale wrote: > Ext3 came into the picture from around RH 7.2, and it comes with some > Journaling features designed to make your file system recover from crashes > better than ext2 did. > > Because of this jo

Re: Ext3 vs Ext2

2003-03-10 Thread Jason Dale
Dale - Original Message - From: "JD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 5:01 AM Subject: Ext3 vs Ext2 > Hallo list, > I have a "feeling" that ext3 is much slower than ext2. My hadrdrive > blinks more of

Re: Ext3 vs Ext2

2003-03-10 Thread Justin Zygmont
I never noticed any difference. Try adding data=writeback to the appropriate place in the fstab and see if that helps... On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, JD wrote: > Hallo list, > I have a "feeling" that ext3 is much slower than ext2. My hadrdrive > blinks more often after I let RH8 formatted it with it

Re: Ext3 vs Ext2

2003-03-10 Thread Michael Stack
some overhead, but whether that makes it slower, I don't know. - Original Message - From: "JD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:01 PM Subject: Ext3 vs Ext2 Hallo list, I have a "feeling" that ext3 is much slower

Ext3 vs Ext2

2003-03-10 Thread JD
Hallo list, I have a "feeling" that ext3 is much slower than ext2. My hadrdrive blinks more often after I let RH8 formatted it with its favorite ext3; not to mention the noise from the harddrive rotation. As I said, it's just a "feeling" so please don't flame me for feeling it. Am I justified any