file system corruption -

[Bonez]

This morning when I came in to work, I flipped on my monitor and found scary 
file corruption messages, suggesting I enter the root password or hit Ctrl-D 
to enter maintenance mode. 

I am trying to compile a new kernel to upgrade from 2.4.2 to 2.4.20. In 
running 'make menuconfig' I included the option of compiling reiserfs and 
other journaling file systems into the new kernel. At the point when I can 
successfully get the kernel to compile and then to run, how do I as a 
relative newbie, choose between the various journaling file systems? I am 
leaning toward running XFS as it sounds most stable and reliable, but I am 
unsure. 

Any enlightenment is appreciated. 

Scott