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On Mon, 2008-11-10 at 15:00 +0000, Jim Moore wrote:
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Right root cause as far as I can make out; it's down to the fact,
Martin, that you're using a journaling file system on external drives -
never a good idea
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Ok, so what *should* I use?<BR>
I've got a 500Gb external drive with music, films, etc. on it (saves space at Uni rather than having all the disks bouncing about).<BR>
I've got ext3 on there at the moment, working on the assumption it would make recover after power cut / random unplug easier. I was even about to turn on Full journalisation, so it does the data itself as well as the meta data...<BR>
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Seriously, would I be better using ext2, even (shock) fat??<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
Christopher Joice<BR>
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"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house."<BR>
-- George Carlin
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