Easy Questions

Darktyco · 11-14-2003, 02:26 AM

1) In at least Slack 9 and 9.1 the setup program seems to want to default to that reiserfs file system, what is it and how does it compare to ext3?

2) What does GART mean? I know it has something to do with video or AGP, but I'm wondering if I need to install the nvidia GART patch before I install the ATI drivers on a computer with an nforce2 motherboard. On my older amd chipset motherboard I was able to just install the ati drivers, is it different now I have an nforce2?

Thanks

acid_kewpie · 11-14-2003, 02:36 AM

what is it? it's a file system.... compares very well actually, and does much of the same stuff, such as journaling. it's good, sometimes faster that ext3.

GART - Graphics Address Re-mapping Table

kevlong · 11-14-2003, 06:17 AM

I can vouch for the Reiser file system. It does journaling and has built in recovery in the event of failure.

Kjetil4455 · 11-14-2003, 08:20 AM

what's journaling anyways? just wondering ^^

kevlong · 11-14-2003, 10:14 AM

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Originally posted by Kjetil4455
what's journaling anyways? just wondering ^^

Resiserfs is a more robust filesystem.

A Journalling mechanism is used which makes data loss less likely. Journalling keeps a record of transactions which are to be performed, or which have been performed. This allows the filesystem to reconstruct itself fairly easily after damage caused by, for example, improper shutdowns.