Re: Formatting external HDD
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.
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