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| author | Alan Hicks <alan@lizella.net> | 2010-07-03 15:31:06 -0400 |
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| committer | Alan Hicks <alan@lizella.net> | 2010-07-03 15:31:06 -0400 |
| commit | 5c55465cbd121f6a683b162b2ce30c2ac230ac95 (patch) | |
| tree | e96d213582beffdd0b1c814c19b01988784c9ad4 /chapter_11.xml | |
| parent | 457a768a6a66c0c0f69d66427bcd562cebb21a0a (diff) | |
| download | slackbook-5c55465cbd121f6a683b162b2ce30c2ac230ac95.tar.xz | |
Completed a couple of TODO items.
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diff --git a/chapter_11.xml b/chapter_11.xml index a721dfa..12aa0fc 100644 --- a/chapter_11.xml +++ b/chapter_11.xml @@ -149,6 +149,22 @@ computer is booted, and causes an annoying delay. </section> <section> +<title>ext4</title> + +<para> +ext4 is the latest in the ext series of filesystems. It was designed to +build upon ext3 with new ideas on what filesystems should do. While +Slackware supports ext4, you should remember that this filesystem is +still very new (particularly in file system terms) and is under heavy +development. If you require stability over performance, you may wish to +use a different filesystem such as ext3. With that said, ext4 does +boast some major improvements over ext3 in the performance arena, but +many people don't yet trust it for stable use. +</para> + +</section> + +<section> <title>reiserfs</title> <para> reiserfs is one of the oldest journaling filesystems for the Linux |