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- From: jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Jean Liddle)
- Subject: Re: How stable is extended filesystem?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.233330.16078@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:33:30 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.232106.24407@tc.cornell.edu> <1gm5rrINNb01@life.ai.mit.edu>
- Organization: Illinois State University
- Keywords: extfs
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- In article <1gm5rrINNb01@life.ai.mit.edu> mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:
- >
- >I've only been using Linux for two days. I've installed it on a 300MB
- >"extended" partition. Half of one of those days was spent reinstalling
- >after it barfed on my disk.
- >
- >If you don't *need* extfs, and don't mind short file names, I would
- >recommend not using it for now.
- >
-
- I have been using the extfs exclusively since mid-summer, with no
- difficulties whatsoever. Maybe I'm just lucky, but it works for me ...
-
- Jean.
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- Jean Liddle
- Computer Science, Illinois State University
- e-mail: jliddle@ilstu.edu
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