Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:02:39 +0100
From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Cc: "Leonard Milcin Jr." <thervoy@post.pl>, rmoser <mlmoser@comcast.net>,
       LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: File System conversion -- ideas
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On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 08:44:23PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Leonard Milcin Jr. wrote:
> > >Nrrrg.  Yeah, I've got 80 gig and only CDR's to back up to, and no money.
> > >A CDR may read for me the day it's written, and then not work the next
> > >day.  Still a risk.
> > 
> > Say, why you would want to change filesystem type?
> 
> I'd like to try reiser4 when it is available because I heard from Hans
> that it is faster...
> 
> Isn't that a good reason?

Not really.  Never, ever, try a new code on live system.  Put together
a test box and/or test disk.  Regardless of nature of code in question -
if you want to test something, go for a dedicated test setup.
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