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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:28473 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3892 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!wabbit.cc.uow.edu.au!picasso.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au!newshost!chrisb From: chrisb@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au (Chris Bitmead) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: LINUX SUCKS!!!! Date: 1 Nov 94 12:35:40 Organization: Telecom Australia - CSSC Lines: 31 Distribution: world Message-ID: <CHRISB.94Nov1123540@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> References: <085334Z20101994@anon.penet.fi> <385viv$8r4@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> <CHRISB.94Oct26173446@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <38mj72$a82@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <1994Oct28.041604.589@escape.widomaker.com> <38up48INN1o5e@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au In-reply-to: se@FileServ1.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE's message of 30 Oct 1994 00:24:40 GMT In article <38up48INN1o5e@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE> se@FileServ1.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) writes: >The filesystem is one of the parts, where >BSD is far more advanced than Linux, in >both speed and robustness (nobody in their >right mind would use the option to switch >off synchronous metadata updates under BSD, >since this might void your filesystem in >case of a crash, as is the default under >Linux). Nobody in their right mind would want it turned on since it could cause crap meta-data if the system crashes. Better to do it the other way round. Write your data first and then update your meta-data. >If you want to discuss filesystem features >and pros and cons, feel free to do so. But >please first try to understand what the BSD >FFS does to combine performance, reliability >and economy of disk space use (ie. fragments). Well if you want to discuss pros and cons you should understand what the Linux file system tries to do. Yes, it too has fragments for example. >Please get your facts right before posting, >since there might be readers of these >newsgroups who might be lead to believe >the nonsense you wrote ... Practice what you preach.