[mythtv-users] EXT3 problems?

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It may be time to create a new FS for Media.  There is a reason that TiVo
didn't use any of the standard FS's.

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> On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 13:44, Brett Profitt wrote:
> > > >From recent experience, I'd suggest that you stick with ext2/ext3 instead
> > > of moving to xfs or reiserfs, for two reasons:
> > 
> > I second this.  I was experiencing exactly the same thing when I tried
> > to use ext3, even after having made the adjustments suggested in the
> > mailing list.  I am now using ext2 and am quite happy with it.  From my
> > testing, though, I actually discovered fat32 seems to have worked best
> > with my specific setup.  Not having seen any benchmarks that support
> > this, it could be just a fluke.  The only reason I'm not using fat32
> > right now is its inability to store files over 2 gigs...which isn't so
> > much a problem if your system can handle using the MPEG4 codec.
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> I've been using reiserfs with good results.  I've yet to encounter an
> issue where reiserfs was the culprit and have used it on a variety of
> systems including MythTV video partitions.   At the very least I would
> suggest some kind of journaled filesystem, who wants to wait for an fsck
> to finish on a 200GB mythtv partition?
> 
> Aran
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