[mythtv-users] ext4 vs XFS for mythbuntu
David Brodbeck
gull at gull.us
Sat Jan 24 19:18:50 UTC 2009
Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> Hi
>
> 2009/1/22 David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us>:
>
>> Kind of defeats the purpose of a journaling filesystem, but as you say,
>> it's not a problem unique to JFS.
>>
>
> How so?
>
Because the main reason for using a journaling FS is to avoid having to
wait for long fscks to complete. fscking a large ext2 filesystem can
take hours or even (in at least one case I'm aware of) days.
More information about the mythtv-users
mailing list