From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N79gj-0008CL-Ha for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:28:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 851B6E092B; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:28:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f206.google.com (mail-ew0-f206.google.com [209.85.219.206]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C169E092B for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:28:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy2 with SMTP id 2so531456ewy.34 for ; Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:28:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=VLrX3HgM+vXFh3VYEGRb8DB/hh1k5JS4AvDkXbQf788=; b=UVcgVx1/t9twbjc+fGlXrqDz9Q3gMaoOef/0DClLzl+HprTasmwZN4/xkIaExn+duE MgGh+1CnteeIjEfgHiZp1f0RHo6DII6asaygRzgYkkTydA+jNvbkggb5LKVtuV/7PXJk jM2iOVG84YzDEQCBEBtq/9dwC1LtoD7JiZ0MY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=Uy7ZTFOTg8Kem/TYvnLiORJkO6ttfFwgZmZzY7/RtlyRzoeCqChIlVZ/VT6Y/G289R kCBF6F23fNgLUZpIPdDOG3cyg+ser3V+BwRfnRk7nuL/CwicpPXbPzKr4hpymPID6xvz qBOQSoXKsZGHL0nYNOLk7vz1+qONcXpo8gXJc= Received: by 10.216.90.195 with SMTP id e45mr1009119wef.189.1257694099737; Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:28:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-210-153-40-rrdg-esr-2.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.153.40]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 10sm3958318eyd.4.2009.11.08.07.28.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:28:19 -0800 (PST) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "deleted inode referenced" Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:27:21 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.90 (Linux/2.6.31-zen6; KDE/4.3.73; x86_64; ; ) References: <20091107170519.GC4713@ca.inter.net> <200911080835.51858.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20091108102519.GC4719@ca.inter.net> In-Reply-To: <20091108102519.GC4719@ca.inter.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200911081727.21418.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 1cbde917-a5f3-4be9-980c-dc5086488421 X-Archives-Hash: 2782de99be12be49663bebc19dda1db4 On Sunday 08 November 2009 12:25:19 Philip Webb wrote: > 091108 Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 12:05 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: > >> is Ext2 the best fs for this machine ? Might Ext3 or Ext4 be better ? > >> -- I use Reiserfs on my desktop machines. > > > > the journal will wear out an SSD in short order, > > so ext2 is indeed the better file system > > All conventional filesystems are built to suit rotating disk media. > > SSDs are very different, esp the cheap nasty controllers in netbooks. > > Sensible advice, no doubt, for those using SSDs in their netbooks, > but as I said in my OP, my ASUS 1005HA has a 160 GB hard disk (HDD), > whence the letter 'H' in its name. Yes, I saw that in another post you made. I find it harder and harder to keep track of what is shipped with what product these days... :-) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com