From: jsteele@netcom.com (John Steele) Subject: Re: EFS stable enough? Date: 8 Feb 1993 11:38:53 GMT
In <C2361v.3Bw@mach1.wlu.ca> kfisher3@mach1.wlu.ca (kevin fisher U) writes:
>I was just wondering if the extended file system is stable and safe enough
>to use yet. I'm using .99pl4 now, and would appreciate any feedback from
>anyone using the EFS.
>Thanx,
>--
>Kevin Fisher ><> | WLU - - Home of the
>kfisher3@mach1.wlu.ca | Internationally Bright Young Thingies
I just tried an EFS partition of 120M on my 660M ESDI drive. After about
20 minutes of HD: write_intr error messages after a mkefs -c /dev/hdb7, and
a 'successful' efsck I attempted to copy /usr/src into the freshly
mounted partitio - Results:
HD: write_intr errors
Unable to copy - too many symbolic links (on files in /usr/bin)
Kernel Panic! (didn't write down the exact message, stupid!)
So IMHO, the extfs don't cut it for me! This is an ESDI disk, and I see
many who say they are running it on an IDE, so your mileage may vary.
I've asked in this group about fs's that will successfully handle an ESDI
disk, but have recieved no replies. Anyone?
Later,
John
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