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On Sunday 08 November 2009 12:25:19 Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 091108 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 12:05 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> >> is Ext2 the best fs for this machine ? Might Ext3 or Ext4 be better ? |
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> >> -- I use Reiserfs on my desktop machines. |
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> > the journal will wear out an SSD in short order, |
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> > so ext2 is indeed the better file system |
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> > All conventional filesystems are built to suit rotating disk media. |
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> > SSDs are very different, esp the cheap nasty controllers in netbooks. |
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> Sensible advice, no doubt, for those using SSDs in their netbooks, |
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> but as I said in my OP, my ASUS 1005HA has a 160 GB hard disk (HDD), |
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> whence the letter 'H' in its name. |
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Yes, I saw that in another post you made. I find it harder and harder to keep |
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track of what is shipped with what product these days... |
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:-) |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |