[KLUG Members] Speed comparison of all major Linux filesystems.

Bruce Smith members@kalamazoolinux.org
31 Jul 2003 14:17:48 -0400


> >> Well, regardless of whose fault it was, 
> >It was Adam's fault!  Pay attention!  :-)
> <bold>REGADLESS</bold>

>From the KLUG mailing list guidelines:

  "Do not post messages in HTML format."

I recommend that the listmaster admonish you!   ;->

(I won't mention your spelling, this time ;)

> Let's not look back, let's look forward! :)

But we have to learn from history, to ignore it would be to repeat it! 
(or some crap like that my 'ole history teachers used to tell me ;)

> >> I can  tell you that BSWare PRO worked vrey well. 
> >Of course!  ;-)
> And don't get cocky! :)
> I must say I did a great job installing it! :)

Hard to screw it up an install of BSware!  ;-)

> >> ...If XFS ever comes back into the mainstream, I'd be quite pleased...
> >I'm flattered you consider BSware "mainstream", but IMNOHO XFS has never
> >been in the mainstream, because it's never been directly supported by
> >any major distribution's installer (BSware-Pro excluded) that I know of.
> 
> >I'll agree with your above statement, removing the work "back".
> OK, that's fine. I was thinking of direct RH support for XFS...

AFAIK, that's has never happened, yet.

> >I really hope that RH includes XFS in their upcoming releases that are
> >based on the 2.6 kernel.  Installing XFS the manual way is a real pain
> >when it comes to upgrading from one major release to another.
> Right, and if Adam and I are the only people who order this, then there's
> no real motivation for YOU to do this... perhaps, if RH doesn't support it,
> you might want to show us (and any other interested parties) how to do this?

Or I might be motivated to do it again ... for a price.
Everything has it's price ...  ;->

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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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