New horizon's

[Karl Larsen]

Mark Haney wrote:
> David Boles wrote:
>> on 10/23/2007 4:31 PM, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>> David Boles wrote:
>>>> on 10/23/2007 2:18 PM, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>>     Those of you in the know are hinting that ext3, and mount and 
>>>>> fdisk, and grub as we know it now will be replaced by other tools 
>>>>> that work with a new computer design. It sounds a lot like the New 
>>>>> Windows that is not working out as well as hoped.
>>>>>     
>>>> Who said this? When? Links please.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>>     I know many in business were sent the new Windows as part of a 
>>>>> deal and after the guys tried it for a few weeks they sent it back 
>>>>> and reloaded the old XP. This is happening in many places.
>>>>>     
>>>> Really? You know this, what you wrote in the above paragraph, for a 
>>>> fact?
>>>> Can you produce some proof of any of this? I would like to see this 
>>>> for
>>>> myself.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>>     My plan is to stay with Fedora X-1 which is the one before the 
>>>>> one that has the new file system.
>>>>>     
>>>> Why?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>     Because a change to a system without directories will be more 
>>> than I want to learn and I'm not at all sure it is good.
>>
>>
>> Now you really have me confused. "a system without directories"? From
>> where are you getting this information? I don't recall anyone saying
>> anything such as this.
>>
>>
>
> I, too, am interested in this.  I know ext4 is the next version of the 
> ext filesystem, but everything else mentioned by you has to my 
> knowledge NOT been hinted at on any of the lists I'm on.  Facts, man, 
> give us facts.
>
>
>
    Sorry I can't give you facts. I am just thinking where Fedora is 
going. I have today answered myself why /dev/sda changes while /dev/hda 
is constant. I don't like it by the way. It makes writing a grub.conf 
very difficult.

    I need to learn more about all this. Or go back to FC6.



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