ext2 filesystem lockups

[Markus Trippelsdorf]

On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 19:35 -0300, João Carlos Mendes Luís wrote:
> David O'Brien wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 04:29:19PM +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
> > 
> >>When copying large files to a locally mounted ext2 filesystem
> >>my system always locks up.
> >>Is this a known problem in 64bit mode?
> 
> Just curious: what is the drive interface with the ext2fs?  IDE?

Yes, it's the normal IDE interface (ATA UDMA133 drive).

> The very same hardware is now on 32-bit mode FreeBSD 5.3-stable, without 
> any problems at all.
> 
> >>Which filesystem is recommended for multi-OS file exchange?  
> > 
> > I've heard enought reports of ext2 problems on 32-bit i386, that I don't
> > trust it in situations that "have to work".  By far the most widely
> > supported FS is vfat32 [mount_msdosfs(8)].
> 
> The last time I had to use msdosfs, on 4.* it was extremely slow 
> compared to UFS on the same disk.  Did this get better on 5.*?

I want to use the filesystem for my music collection, so I'm willing to
trade fastness for reliability.

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Markus