Re: Re: New Linux xfs/reiser file systems

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> > Sure, we can do that now.  What do we do when these are the default file
> > systems for Linux?  We can tell them to create other types of file
> 
> What is a 'default file system' ? I know that untill now, everybody is using 
> ext2. But that's only because there hasn't been anything comparable. Now we 
> se ReiserFS, and my SuSE installation offers the choice. In the future, I 
> believe that people can choose from ext2, ReiserFS,xfs, ext3 and maybe more.

But some day the default will be a log-based file system, and people
will have to hunt around to create a non-log based one.

> > systems, but that is a pretty big hurdle.  I wonder if it would be
> > easier to get reiser/xfs to make some modifications.
> 
> No, I don't think it's a big hurdle. If you just want to play with 
> PostgreSQL, you wont care. If you're serious, you'll repartition.

Yes, but we could get a reputation for slowness on these log-based file
systems.

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