On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 19:06 -0400, Ian C. Blenke wrote:
> Paul M Foster wrote:
> > Ian C. Blenke wrote:
<snip>
> I swear we've had this discussion on the SLUG list before. ;)
Heh, we have.
<snip>
> If I must use a box that needs to be powered off and on now and then
> (like a laptop with buggy ACPI) and speed isn't the sole issue at hand,
> I'll use ext3 with "data=ordered", which isn't as slow as
> "data=journal", and is generally safe for files only being written in
> append mode.
And folks, keep in mind, you can do this ext3 tweakage in /etc/fstab or
use you can use tune2fs. Users of grub can make adjustments in their
menu.lst configuration. There is a plenitude of info, in regard to ext3
methodology and performance, waiting for your Google search.
The Logan
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