Re: [TCLUG:18863] Mandrake 7.1

[David Wood <jbevren@yahoo.com>]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Mike Hicks wrote:

> Except there is a problem when using ReiserFS -- it is not block-based,
> at least not in the normal way.  Data from more than one file can exist
> within one block.  This makes it more efficient with regard to disk
> space, but it confuses programs that assume blocks are atomic (is that
> the right word?)

Ah. I see your point.  I did just boot from a kernel stored in reiserfs, but
what's wrong with having a 10-meg ext2fs partition on boot?  Even in the
event of a system failure (God forbid), a 10M ext2 takes rougly 5 seconds to
check on my 486slc/50 ;)

-David