> * AFFS support: Broken in 2.3.7 for good reason or so I was told. 14
> updates later it has still not been repaired.
> * HFS support: Same deal. If something is going to be broken, it
> would be nice if people would be willing to fix it.
> * NTFS support: The only one of these three filesystems I really
> need. Same story. To make matters worse, my only working 2.2.X kernel
> (RedHat 6.1 2.2.13+patches) doesn't come with a module for it and any
> kernel I build from its source seems to bomb.
So fix it.
> * 1MB+ Kernels: I don't know the precise breaking point, but it is
> not nice after a 25minute compilation to discover your kernel is too
> big. I know there are technical reasons, but this is an issue that'll
> have to be addressed sooner or later, and getting started sooner does
> have advantages.
You type make bzImage and it will rebuild under one minute (no actuall
recompilation). Alternatively just _always_ use make bzImage.
> * Slow fsck: When I have to do an fsck (which seems more and more
> often) it often take more than 10 minutes on a 5GB root partition. This
> is a Ultra2 SCSI drive which isn't that slow either. I know reiserfs and
> Stephen Tweedie's journaled ext2 deal with this, but they have not yet
> been ported to 2.3.X and so I'm stuck waiting 10minutes every time
> another 2.2.13pre breaks on me.
Reformat your root partition with 4K blocks or look at altalloc patch
at http://www.suse.cz/development.
Pavel
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