On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Stefan Smietanowski wrote:
> Dan Hollis wrote:
> > Suprised in the respect that ext2 and reiserfs have no such limitation, I
> > was expecting xfs to be at least as functional and mature.
> It's just designed differently.
> If You go buy a ferrari and go whine that you can't fit that piano in
> the trunk, then you have to think what's important for you. Fitting the
> piano or driving fast. If repair-on-mounted-filesystem is what you're
> after then you use a filesystem that supports it. If you're after a
> good, fast and stable (and mature) filesystem you stick to xfs. The
> choice is yours.
If I had known xfs couldn't repair read-only-mounted filesystems, I would
never have installed it. I suspect other people will make the same
decision, if they are actually aware of this limitation. This xfs
limitation is stated NOWHERE.
This warning should go into the FAQ. It would have saved a lot of
headaches. :-(
-Dan
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