From: erc@wetware.com (Ed Carp) Subject: Re: [C] Best Filesystem? Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1993 03:08:38 GMT
Christopher A. Smith (smithc@lars.acc.stolaf.edu) wrote:
: Which of the available filesystems -- ext, ext2, minix, xiafs -- is the
: best choice for use with a linux system? A co-worker is installing
: linux soon and was wondering about that. 'Twas a good question in my
: opinion so I'm putting it forth to y'all...
What does "best" mean? Fastest? Most efficient in terms of space used?
What?
This is just the sort of dumb open-ended question that's gonna start another
round of "FS wars". Jeez, guy, we just barely got through with the 1000-posting
war of "xiafs-vs.-extfs" - I *don't* want to see it start again. Please, be
more specific!
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