From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Redeeman Subject: Re: some basic questions Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 16:52:40 +0100 Message-ID: <1068047560.32072.6.camel@redeeman.linux.dk> References: <1067880381.17873.9.camel@redeeman.linux.dk> <1068044839.32072.0.camel@redeeman.linux.dk> <3FA91326.2060407@gmx.net> <1068047082.32079.2.camel@redeeman.linux.dk> <16297.7138.770007.332337@laputa.namesys.com> Reply-To: redeeman@metanurb.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <16297.7138.770007.332337@laputa.namesys.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: ReiserFS List ok, i got some more questions then :-) will reiser4 be the most secure filesystem if the power dies, because i live in denmark, and not in the city, so the power dies quite often, and i want my data to be secure :) and a question about the filesystem itself: i read its a atomic filesystem, and that it doesent work as other filesystems, isnt it something about that it doesent have a fixed cluster size? so that you use alot more of the hd, and faster stuff :-) On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 16:48, Nikita Danilov wrote: > Redeeman writes: > > you say reiserfs and reiser4 is two diffrent things, is reiser4 a > > totally new filesystem? > > It was re-written from the scratch. But it is based on the same main > design principles as reiserfs. It is different file system from the user > point of view (one cannot mount reiser4 as reiserfs and visa versa). > > > > > On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 16:11, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > > > Redeeman wrote: > > > > nobody seems to answer :( > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 18:26, Redeeman wrote: > > > > > > > >>i am wondering about a few things. i am seriously thinking of change to > > > >>reiserfs. i experience bad stuff happen to fat32 often, and i have got > > > >>tired of it. i have a kernel with version 3.6 of reiserfs. > > > >> > > > >>will it be possible to convert to reiserfs4? > > > > > > Not at this time. Actually reiserfs 3.6 and reiser4 are two totally > > > different entities, so it's highly unlikely. > > > > > > >>is it possible to defragment a partition with reiserfs (or will it be in > > > >>version 4?) > > > > > > backup with tar, delete everything, restore backup. > > > > > > >>is it possible to undelete stuff? > > > > > > no. > > > > > > >>is it the correct choice for my use? (mp3, movies, cd images) > > > > > > should be. > > > > > > >>is there anything i should know? > > > > > > Yes. reiser4 is not yet stable. This will not affect you if you use > > > reiserfs 3.6 > > > > > > >>thanks, and have a nice day > > > > > > Regards, > > > Carl-Daniel > > Nikita. -- Regards, Redeeman () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against microsoft attachments