Re: SUSE 9.2 and ReiserFS

Frans,

thank you. I had (and still have) this kind of problems and was not
aware
that SuSEs ReiserFS might be the source of the problems. I'll try to
switch
(back?) to ext3 next week. I have planned to do so anyway.

Peter

<fransdb@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:8Cl1e.3828$LF2.2818@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com...
> Dear Reader,
>
> After looking through many postings on various sites, which was
triggered
> by a kernel panic after installing linux-2.6.11 and later the
standard
> 2.6.8, as well as some diff outputs I must conclude that SuSE has
modified
> their distribution of the ReiserFS system in such a way that they
created
> a
> vendor locking. Of course, you could adapt the SuSE distribution to
mirror
> the standard kernel distribution, but since we are talking about
many code
> lines - not counting yet the utils affected by this - it's not
really
> worth
> the trouble.
>
> So, I switched back to ext3, which works always good. Now I can use> standard 9.2 distro and upgrade to what I want and when I want it.
>
> Of course, it would not be the first time I am proven wrong, but I
have
> read that I am not alone thinking this.
>
> In short: SuSE distro's normaly good, but to much tampering with
programs
> and - so it seems - also the kernel itself.
>
> Regards,
> Frans.