[plug] File System Types ?

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On 4/11/06, meyerri <meyerri at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> Reiserf -
> PROs - Faster than ext3fs with many small files (from articles on the
> internet) - "Dynamic" inode allocation - if there's space for the
> data, there's an inode available, too.
>
> CONs - If it breaks, it can be REALLY broken, but since I backup
> every night ....

I can attest to this.. if ReiserFS breaks, you might as well format it... o.0

> EXT3 -
> PROs - Can be read from Kernels with only EXT2 drivers builtin. Can
> convert EXT2 to EXT3 simply - Can be fast for sustained throughput
> (large files).
>
> CONs - Fixed number of inodes set when you mkfs the filesystem.

Another Pro is that if it's a dual boot PC there are windows drivers
out there that will let the windows OS access EXT2/3 FS.....

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