> Does anybody know why unlike so many Linux distros (Fedora, Ubuntu, > OpenSUSE) CentOS does not come with XFS support by default but rather > requires custom modifications after the install in order for you to be > able to support XFS on your CentOS machine? Just seems a little odd > given how much CentOS is oriented to be used as a server OS The 64 bit version of CentOS does support XFS. The reason why it is only supported by the 64bit version has recently been discussed on this list. Please search the list's archives.