[Ubuntu-BD] Ext3 or jfs

dark lord darklord2007 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 23 13:43:47 GMT 2008


Is it possible to access jfs partition . Like ext3 accessible by using some app.

On 11/23/08, dark lord <darklord2007 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh installation is taking hell long time. More than a hour passed still 82%
>
> fortunately today is icl dhaka mach :)
>
> On 11/23/08, Angel <angel at linux.org.bd> wrote:
>> Ofcourse JFS is good. No problem.
>>
>>
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>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 7:19 PM, dark lord <darklord2007 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well that warning make me afraid i choose jfs . I hope jfs is not bad
>>> at . Hasin vi suggested it at first ubuntu party.
>>>
>>> On 11/23/08, Angel <fedora at linux.org.bd> wrote:
>>> > That is a legitimate warning that has been in every Debian and Ubuntu
>>> > release and appropriately applicable, I think.
>>> >
>>> > Due to an interaction between GRUB and XFS, sometimes the grub-install
>>> > command will hang when the installer attempts to install grub to an XFS
>>> > partition.
>>> >
>>> > Unless you are comfortable with installing grub by hand in case the
>>> > installer hangs, you should make a separate ext3 /boot partition
>>> > (roughly
>>> > 100MB in size) so that GRUB can reliably install.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Angel
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>>> > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 6:34 PM, dark lord <darklord2007 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I choose xfs but it says The grub boot loader installation often fails
>>> >> or hangs when / boot is on a XFS file system.
>>> >>
>>> >> On 11/23/08, Angel <fedora at linux.org.bd> wrote:
>>> >> > Well. When I first heard about JFS. I did a little research on it on
>>> the
>>> >> > net.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Based on various sites forums and blogs, *XFS appears to be the most
>>> >> > appropriate filesystem* to install on a file server for home or
>>> >> > small
>>> >> > business needs :
>>> >> >
>>> >> >    - It uses the maximum capacity of your server hard disk(s)
>>> >> >    - It is the quickest FS to create, mount and unmount
>>> >> >    - It is the quickest FS for operations on large files (>500MB)
>>> >> >    - This FS gets a good second place for operations on a large
>>> >> > number
>>> >> > of
>>> >> >    small to moderate-size files and directories
>>> >> >    - It constitutes a good CPU vs time compromise for large
>>> >> > directory
>>> >> >    listing or file search
>>> >> >    - It is not the least CPU demanding FS but its use of system
>>> >> ressources
>>> >> >    is quite acceptable for older generation hardware
>>> >> >
>>> >> > While Linux Gazette Authors, *Justin Piszcz* did not explicitly
>>> >> > recommand
>>> >> > XFS, he concludes that "Personally, I still choose XFS for
>>> >> > filesystem
>>> >> > performance and scalability". I can only support this conclusion.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Angel
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>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 3:19 PM, dark lord <darklord2007 at gmail.com>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> Is there any advantage using jfs for linux not ext3?
>>> >> >>
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