reiserfs v ext2fs

[LiNuts]

I have reinstalled drake 7.2 using reiserfs instead of ext2fs, i went to use rpmdrake to look for a program that i had loaded, but got a message saying nothing could be found,( it didn't show any installed rpm's at all.).

I then used kpackage, and that worked o.k. so then i cd'd to my download directory (which is on a fat32 partition) but could not see any rpm's.

when i was using the ext2fs i could see all my rpms, so does reiserfs recognise rpm's.?

When in console i can see all rpm's.

Does this mean i have to use console to install and remove the rpm's.
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[pontiouspilate]

im sorry that you fat 32 partition screwed things up, it was more than likely MS-DOS 8.3 filenaming. ext2 and reiserfs that support normal filenames not F**ked up patch work of long filenames that fat32 & win9x uses.
the main question here is which is better of a filesystem, ext2 or reiserfs , reiserfs is differnt in a few ways than ext2. the main is that reiserfs is a journaling filesystem and ext2 is a static. this is mostly is how the filesystem writes the data to disk. the performance on a reiserfs is greater for files performing alot of read writes.
for more info on reiserfs read their homepage http://www.namesys.com/

for info on journaling filesystems read this article http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-08/journaling_01.html

[LiNuts]

Originally posted by pontiouspilate:
im sorry that you fat 32 partition screwed things up, it was more than likely MS-DOS 8.3 filenaming. ext2 and reiserfs that support normal filenames not F**ked up patch work of long filenames that fat32 & win9x uses.
the main question here is which is better of a filesystem, ext2 or reiserfs , reiserfs is differnt in a few ways than ext2. the main is that reiserfs is a journaling filesystem and ext2 is a static. this is mostly is how the filesystem writes the data to disk. the performance on a reiserfs is greater for files performing alot of read writes.
for more info on reiserfs read their homepage http://www.namesys.com/

for info on journaling filesystems read this article http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-08/journaling_01.html

Thanks for the links, they were very helpful, i fixed the problem with the rpm's.
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