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[Adam Clark <adamsgl AT dhbit.ca>]

Hey Wyatt,

While on the surface it may not look like much to do, it does require:

- updating the initrd
- adding the features into the installer script
- figuring out how to fit it onto the ISO, which we've tried to keep under
180MB...

I have a lot higher priorities on the ISO list than adding in another FS. 
Your feelings about reiserfs and ext3 are strange - try them, you may like
them.  But, that's beside the point.  Yes, we can get these added in at some
point in the future.  Best thing to do - file a feature enhancement bug
report.

I'm not trying to fight it... I'm trying to keep certain feature
enhancements away from wasting limited time on the ISO work.

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:32:23 -0800 (PST)
"Wyatt Draggoo" <wyatt AT draggoo.com> wrote:

> > I agree with you on the point that I never put LILO outside of the MBR
> > either.  Maybe we should take a poll somewhere, as I'd personally like
> > to change it to disc too.
> > 
> > Regarding jfs - before we even consider the alterations that would need
> > to be done, why the jfs kick from 'ya all of a sudden?  We already have
> several
> > journalling FS options built in, with the supporting software. 
> Personally,
> > I would consider getting Raid support going during install a higher
> priority
> > than adding in jfs, and even that is fairly low on the list, as I'd like
> to
> > get a 'net install going very soon.  I think a lot of benefits can come
> > by the work needed to get an okay net install done.
> > 
> > But anyhow, let me know your thoughts... I like having pretty good
> > reasons behind feature bloat.  =)
> 
> I think the biggest reason for me to use jfs is because it doesn't require
> additional patches to the kernel.  And since I also like to ues the
> PREEMPT patch and the LOW LATENCY patch, the three don't jive together
> (read: using PREEMPT, LOW LATENCY and XFS together will completely hose
> your filesystems, and I've done this about 6 times in a row just to prove
> it was the XFS patch---even without any XFS filesystems...).  I've never
> really liked reiserfs (not sure why, or if there is any rationale behind
> this), and the small bit I've read on ext3 is that it's not much more than
> journaling slapped on top of ext2.  JFS, on the other hand, has been
> around for quite a while (I used it in the latter days of OS/2), and has
> always been rock-solid for me.  It's also in the standard, unpatched
> kernel, which makes it very easy to add to the ISO (as opposed to RAID,
> which will probably involve either a *lot* of install changes, or be a
> PITA to set up).  Just seems to me like it's something that will only take
> a few minutes to add, but add a lot of functionality.
> 
> Wyatt
> 
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