Reiserfs question

[Amitabha Roy]

I am curious about the pros and cons of the various file systems. I have
always used ext3. Is there any particular reason to use reiserfs  ?

What benefits do you get ?




On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:33:58 -0400, Stephen Smalley <sds at epoch.ncsc.mil> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 07:46, Borkowski Dariusz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > how to install FC3 with ReiseFS? I tried it with FC3test2 (after booting
> > ISO typed: linux reiserfs) but installer stops just before formatting
> > partitions. I sent a bug to bugzilla.redhat.com and someone replied that
> > it was because of SELinux.
> > I have question. It is possible to install (format) reiserfs partition
> > with SELinux enabled? Or if not how to disable SELinux and enable
> > ReiserFS?
> 
> In theory, there should no longer be a problem with reiserfs and SELinux
> in FC3/final.  You won't get fine-grained file labeling, but it
> shouldn't deadlock the system anymore, as SELinux has been changed to
> just not call the reiserfs xattr handlers until someone fixes them
> upstream.
> 
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> Stephen Smalley <sds at epoch.ncsc.mil>
> National Security Agency
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