[KLUG Members] issues with AOL

Bruce Smith members@kalamazoolinux.org
Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:35:53 -0400


> Ext2 is very, very, _very_ reliable, despite the fsck times.  It's
> probably why I'm partial to Ext3 (since it's still Ext2 underneath).  I
> find early, full-data journaling-only Ext3 releases on kernel 2.2.x
> _very_reliable_ (been using them for about 18 months now -- RedHat 6.2
> w/VALinux's kernel 2.2.16 for internal file servers).  Kernel 2.4 is a
> different story, and I don't totally trust Ext2 (let alone Ext3) on
> kernel 2.4 yet (because of the VM subsystem changes).  I use XFS instead
> and SGI's installer makes it cake to install alongside RedHat.

What do you think about the fact that Roswell (Redhat 7.1.93) 
offers ext3 as an install option?

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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