Public bug reported:
I'm using a little Acer Aspire One with an 8G SSD drive, which works
well with Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex.
However, on installation (from the 'live CD' downloaded a week ago), the
partition manager set me up with an EXT3-formatted SSD drive. A
journalled EXT3 system uses the SSD drive much more than a EXT2
formatted system; and I was experiencing severe slowdowns when doing
filesystem-heavy things - particularly when, for example, running
software updates or using Firefox 3.
All the advice I've read suggests setting up Ubuntu, on a solid-state
flash drive, using EXT2. Having now done so, the system is much nimbler
and much faster.
Assuming that people here agree with this, I'd therefore like to submit
that the installation process is incorrectly installing an EXT3
filesystem for a solid-state hard drive; and therefore that this is not
desired behaviour.
(As an aside, I got hopelessly confused when attempting to override it
and choose EXT2; but thankfully found a guide to simply change my EXT3
formatted drive to an EXT2 one.)
I'm unclear what more information you require to help fix this bug; but
I would see the current crop of SSD-based systems such as the Acer
Aspire One and the Asus Eee PC family computers as being important
machines to fully support in an out-of-the-box 8.10 experience.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Incorrect partition creation when on an SSD (EXT3 instead of EXT2)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281683
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