09-30-2005
Heh.. dangerous thread here... According to our
rules:
(8) No BSD vs. Linux vs. Windows or similar threads.
and really that is what this will ultimately come down to. Some discussion is possible, but after that we may close the thread.
ext2 is clearly not ready for prime time. Without journalling, a filesystem can't really compete today. ReiserFS offered journalling first and some distros switched to it. Other stuff was large file and volume support. ext3 finally came out and possibly surpassed ReiserFS. Between ReiserFS and ext3 reasonable minds can disagree. Development is continuing on both. Both have supporters who make various claims. Making ReiserFS a default is a way for one Linux distro to distinguish itself all the others. Considering that they all run the Linux kernel with GNU utilities, thats not real easy to do. And you can't flip-flop back and forth without alienating everyone.
Perhaps neither will "win" and ReiserFS/ext3 will join HP-UX/SunOS and Suse/Redhat and all the other muliple choices we have. It seems a little wasteful, but the competition is actually very healthy.
Sun did some benchmarking... see:
this paper (PDF file).
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LEARN ABOUT SUSE
extlinux
extlinux(1) General Commands Manual extlinux(1)
NAME
extlinux - install the SYSLINUX bootloader on a ext2/ext3 filesystem
SYNOPSIS
extlinux [options] directory
DESCRIPTION
EXTLINUX is a new syslinux derivative, which boots from a Linux ext2/ext3 filesystem. It works the same way as SYSLINUX, with a few slight
modifications. It is intended to simplify first-time installation of Linux, and for creation of rescue and other special-purpose boot
disks.
The installer is designed to be run on a mounted directory. For example, if you have an ext2 or ext3 usb key mounted on /mnt, you can run
the following command:
extlinux --install /mnt
OPTIONS
-H, --heads=#
Force the number of heads.
-i, --install
Install over the current bootsector.
-O, --clear-once
Clear the boot-once command.
-o, --once=command
Execute a command once upon boot.
-r, --raid
Fall back to the next device on boot failure.
--reset-adv
Reset auxiliary data.
-S, --sectors=#
Force the number of sectors per track.
-U, --update
Updates a previous EXTLINUX installation.
-z, --zip
Force zipdrive geometry (-H 64 -S 32).
BUGS
I would appreciate hearing of any problems you have with SYSLINUX. I would also like to hear from you if you have successfully used SYS-
LINUX, especially if you are using it for a distribution.
If you are reporting problems, please include all possible information about your system and your BIOS; the vast majority of all problems
reported turn out to be BIOS or hardware bugs, and I need as much information as possible in order to diagnose the problems.
There is a mailing list for discussion among SYSLINUX users and for announcements of new and test versions. To join, send a message to
majordomo@linux.kernel.org with the line:
SEE ALSO
syslinux(1)
SYSLINUX for ext2/ext3 filesystem 18 December 2007 extlinux(1)