> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sergey > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:09 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: ReiserFS & EXT2/3 issues > > Has anyone had experience using reiser as root filesystem? > Fedora does not offer to format the partition as reiser on > install, however it accepts it and contain all related > modules and reiserfs-utils. > > Since my ext3 crashed after a sudden power failure, having > all its content moved to /lost+found with #xxxxxxx names (by > fsck), I tried reiser and was satisfied with it. The speed > seems to be a bit lower, however, having simulated 50 power > failures in different circumstances, it has not failed. > Furthermore, it has not corrupted any files, attributes or > whatever. Each time the mount replayed last transactions and > I did not even have to run long fsck test. After all I run > long fsck and everything was wonderful. > > Kernel notes have hopeful information relating reiser: > > ---- > Reiserfs support (REISERFS_FS) > > Stores not just filenames but the files themselves in a > balanced tree. Uses journaling. > > Balanced trees are more efficient than traditional file > system architectural foundations. > > In general, ReiserFS is as fast as ext2, but is very > efficient with large directories and small files. Additional > patches are needed for NFS and quotas, please see > <http://www.namesys.com/> for links. > > It is more easily extended to have features currently found > in database and keyword search systems than block allocation > based file systems are. The next version will be so extended, > and will support plugins consistent with our motto ``It takes > more than a license to make source code open.'' > > Read <http://www.namesys.com/> to learn more about reiserfs. > > Sponsored by Threshold Networks, Emusic.com, and Bigstorage.com. > > If you like it, you can pay us to add new features to it that > you need, buy a support contract, or pay us to port it to another OS. > I use reiserfs and love it. I wish RedHat would be more open to using it, not even including it in the install seems a bit much to me. Though I think you can install with reiserfs if you do a linux reiserfs while booting from the CD, I haven't tested it. http://forums.fedoraforum.org/printthread.php?t=25826 -Mike
