On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:38:50 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Ma, 18 oct 11, 17:02:39, Walter Hurry wrote: >> >> I have an external 1T USB drive, which I use to storage of AV files, >> plus daily (rsync) backups. It is formatted as a single partition. I >> use ext2 to avoid the overhead of journalling, but do carry out an >> e2fsck from time to time. > > And how long does it take? Tip: it is possible to have ext4 without a > journal and still enjoy the lightning fast (compared to ext2) fsck.
About a quarter of an hour - I just unmount the disk and let e2fsck run while I get on with something else. I confess I had not realised it was possible to have ext4 without a journal; thanks for the pointer. Perusing <http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4> right now. Thanks again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
