All,
When I first installed my linux box using XFS I installed vmware
and found the vmware message about file locking. I fixed that and
attempted to install my NT4 in a guest vmware. It locked when it came to
formatting the filesystem....don't know why.
At that point, I gave up and put an ext2 filesystem on there and
installed. Since I figured that XFS has become much more stable, I
figured I'd give XFS another try. I backed up the ext2, did mkfs.xfs and
restored. (Didn't have to worry about the NTFS format since I already
have my NT guest system running). So I run vmware and it hangs at the
prom screen right after it detects the disks...I aborted and restarted and
this time it works!? Don't know why.
My main question is: Is XFS ok to use for this purpose
(performance-wise)? Are there any mount options I ought to use that would
help with the performance of *very* large files (like the image file that
vmware uses)?
Thanks in advance!
Brian
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