Mike is correct about entering linux reiserfs at the prompt when doing
an installation in Fedora. Just be aware that in FC4 I have had many
issues when making the /boot partition reiserfs. Seems that it confuses
anaconda and usually results in an abort of the installation.
Bill
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From: fedora-list-bounces redhat com
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces redhat com] On Behalf Of Sergey
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:09 PM
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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:
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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
