[geeks] xfs vs. jfs

[Phil Stracchino]

Dan Duncan wrote:
> On Feb 8, 2008 5:01 PM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net> wrote:
>> I'm reinstalling Cymru's laptop.  The filesystem choice is down to jfs
>> or xfs.  Anyone have any opinions or preferences between the two?
> 
> Is one easier to access using your preferred rescue media?

Slackware 12 live CD supports both.

> As a bonus, neither of the above was written by an accused murderer.

Not that it has any bearing on the technical merit of the filesystem...

(that said, I never even considered reiserfs for this.  I've never been 
impressed with it.  I've heard too many problems with it, and it 
consumes an entirely unreasonable amount of CPU for deletes.)


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