[mythtv-users] ext4 vs XFS for mythbuntu

[Gareth Glaccum]

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "David Brodbeck" <gull at gull.us>
>Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:18 PM

>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.
>

My ext3 system took 65 days. :-(
Lost a couple of recordings in the end.