Slackware + Speakup?

Charles Hallenbeck hallenbeck at valstar.net
Wed Oct 9 06:23:52 EDT 2002


When I installed Slackware 8.1 the file system menu showed ext3
as choice #1, Reiser FS as choice #2, and ext2 as choice #3.

BTW -- That is "Hans Reiser" if anyone is curious!

Chuck

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Alex Snow wrote:

> I just chose ext3 because it was the default filesystem in sklackware and
> couldn't figure out how to change it.
> Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm
> sick of Winblows!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <hallenbeck at valstar.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 7:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Slackware + Speakup?
>
>
> > Hi Toby,
> >
> > On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Toby Fisher wrote:
> >
> > > Just one question Chuck, out of interest why did you choose reisafs over
> > > ext3?
> >
> > Probably not for the best of reasons: The fact is that I have no
> > idea what "journaling" is, and I do understand balanced tree
> > algorithms, so I went with something I understood instead of
> > relying on reputation. So far I am very pleased. I seem to have a
> > bit more usable file space in my various partitions than with
> > ext2, and none of those annoying lengthy fsck things on every
> > 20th boot.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
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