On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 02:55:50PM -0600, Ken Teh wrote: > SL4.1's stock kernel does not have built-in JFS nor XFS support. But there > is a contributed XFS rpm. Is this the preferred filesystem for large > partitions? If so, why? another BIG advantage using XFS which hasn't been mentioned yet is the ability to resize a mounted (and heavily used) filesystem (in fact you can only do it if it is mounted :))