From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E2QZw-0000Gj-2e for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 09:39:24 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j799bhmD012100; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:37:43 GMT Received: from wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com (wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com [129.253.170.53]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j799X8Yw000156 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:33:08 GMT Received: from neuromancer.home.net ([129.253.107.157]) by wdscexfe01.sc.wdc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 9 Aug 2005 02:33:34 -0700 Received: from neuromancer.home.net (neuromancer.home.net [127.0.0.1]) by neuromancer.home.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j799XREx011027 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:33:28 +0800 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Which filesystem for a notebook? From: Ow Mun Heng To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20050808183034.45c141d0@chi.speakeasy.net> References: <42F7D154.7050106@mid.email-server.info> <20050808183034.45c141d0@chi.speakeasy.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 17:33:27 +0800 Message-Id: <1123580007.32084.57.camel@neuromancer.home.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Aug 2005 09:33:34.0878 (UTC) FILETIME=[69E123E0:01C59CC5] X-Archives-Salt: 8cd1761b-0045-4b94-9961-2b80dfa5758a X-Archives-Hash: b0d9bc3f681bf5e808dffd2c526555ff On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 18:30 -0700, Bob Sanders wrote: > On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 23:40:36 +0200 > Alexander Skwar wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > What filesystem(s) do you recommend for use on a notebook? > > I'm looking for a FS that's fairly stable even if all of a > > sudden the power goes away (battery empty) and one, that > > also doesn't (overly) unneccesarily spin up the hard drive. > > > > Any journaling filesystem is going to spin up the drive or keep it spinning. > And unless your drive is one of the 7200 rpm drives, it's still not the energy > hog that the LCD is. For spinning down and power savings, I recommend using laptop_mode. (You can see the article I wrote for the MyOSS Magazine (Ed2 I think) (http:/mag.my-opensource.org) which I wrote about some of the items which you can use for POwer management in Linux. (also read in Ed4, Gnome-Power-Manager written by Richard Hughes, the lead developer) > > fwiw - I use XFS on my laptop. It survives fine with power going away. > But, if all the data is in the buffer and the drive is spun down, having the > power die will cause lost data regardless of filesystem. I too use XFS for my Home Directory. I think I've suffered 1 instance of curruption in the entire 2 years I've had this laptop. (Touch Wood) > Bob > - -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 17:30:59 up 3 days, 4:05, 7 users, load average: 1.13, 1.01, 0.78 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list