[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.



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