[Sussex] debian and stuff

[Geoff Teale]

Steve wrote:
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> > 1.  Debian stable is so far in the past that the likelihood 
> > of new-fangled stuff like journaled filesystems being an 
> > issue is minimal.  Expect ext3 to be the default in Debian 4 
> > in about 2010 :)
> 
> Not true.  Woody as a 2.4 kernel option (old yes, but not that
> old).

Tee hee... I thought that would raise the heckels of the Debianites on the list :)
 
> > 2. ext3 and ext2 are compatible so there are no issues there. 
> >  Debian 3 (the current stable release) defaults to ext2.
> 
> I believe that the Woody install scripts allow you to select the
> file system of your choice.  ext2 being the oldest and most stable
> of the filesystems is the default.  Not every one wants to run the
> latest, cutting edge software.

Foo!

Stability, that's for boring people ;)  

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