From: "Robert Comer" 

>   I think it is significant to note that a clean install of redhat 9 will
use ext3.  If people think that this is wrong they should ask redhat.<

As a default, yes, you can change it if you so choose.

- Bob Comer

"Rich"  wrote in message news:3ebd3d47{at}w3.nls.net...
   I think it is significant to note that a clean install of redhat 9 will
use ext3.  If people think that this is wrong they should ask redhat.

Rich

  "Geo."  wrote in message
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  "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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  > > I can't agree on this point, ext2 isn't suitable since it's so easy to
  wipe
  > > out with a simple power failure. In a fileserver you have to be able
to
  > > count
  > > on the file system coming back up after a hard poweroff. Fileservers
are
  > > where everyone stores their data, the file system is critical. ext3 is
  the
  > > only choice.
  > >
  >
  > Why? I've tried (on a variety of work PC'es) the other 3 jfs'es & we did
  >   "turn off while buzy" tests. ReiserFS, XFS & IBM JFS
all seemed to
  > handle it fine. I think (but I'd have to check our test docs) that for
  > us on that machinery XFS was the fastest.

  the filesystem that was suggested was ext2, that was what I was
disagreeing
  with, not RFS or XFS or JFS but ext2.

  Geo.

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