news

[Brett I. Holcomb]

Okay, thanks for the clarification.  I won't waste time looking for it on 
RH then!

Net Llama! wrote:

> No, Redhat does not have a release that supports XFS.  The 7.2 image is
> provided by the XFS group.
> 
> On Sat, 11 May 2002, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> 
>> Okay, RH has a release that supports it.  Thanks.
>>
>> Net Llama! wrote:
>>
>> > Depends:
>> > 1) You can use the RH-7.2 image from the XFS ftp server, which gives
>> > you the entire OS natively installed on an XFS filesystem
>> > 2) You set aside some free disk space, partition it, format it for XFS,
>> > and then copy your pre-existing OS onto it.  I've written a SxS for
>> > that.
>> >
>> > On Sat, 11 May 2002, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
>> >
>> >> How do you set up XFS when you install a distro?
>> >>
>> >> Collins wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On Fri, 10 May 2002 18:37:28 -0700 "Net Llama!"
>> >> > <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>> >> >> Collins wrote:
>> >> >> > On Thu, 09 May 2002 19:57:20 -0700 "Net Llama!"
>> >> >> > <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >>I should add, that I use XFS on every new box I build.  Its a joy
>> >> >> >to>not have to worry about the filesystem anymore.  I've got 1 box
>> >> >> >with>ext3, and its a constant headache.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > ymmv.  I've been using ext3 for quite a while (brief excursion
>> >> >> > into XFS, but tired of the limited kernel offerings), and I
>> >> >> > certainly have no filesystem worries.  No headaches either.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Define "limited kernel offerings"?  Every 2.4.x kernel released has
>> >> >> had an XFS patch.
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > True, but I don't always stick to the "released kernels."  gentoo
>> >> > makes available a number of offerings that include patches (such as
>> >> > the low latency series and other performance enhancements) which are
>> >> > relatively stable but not available for the XFS kernel.  For
>> >> > example, I'm at a 2.4.18+ kernel, whereas the XFS offering is still
>> >> > at 2.4.17.
>> >> >
>> >> > Picky, picky, but I prefer to play.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
> 

-- 
Brett I. Holcomb
bholcomb at R777cableone.net
AKA Grunt <><
Registered Linux User #188143
Remove R777 to email