Re: [gentoo-user] X Freezes With Firefox on Many Post 2.6.38 Kernels

[Joost Roeleveld]

On Friday, July 29, 2011 02:41:20 PM Dale wrote:
> Joost Roeleveld wrote:
> > To check this, you could try creating a new file (with size = 0) on the
> > root of that drive, like (After you close and save all your work):
> >
> > touch<mountpoint of drive>/LetMeseeIfThisWorksOrIfTheKernelPanicsAgain
> >
> > If it doesn't panic, check if that file actually exists.
> >
> > --
> > Joost
>
> It worked fine and it was there with 0 bytes.  Weird.

Hmm...

> I sort of gave up on this drive.  I had a very kind soul to send me a
> video card when I did this build. He also sent me a 250Gb drive.  I
> copied all I could to that but did lose a LOT of my videos and such.
> Anyway, I'm doing this right now:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc
>
> I figure that will put it back like brand new and very blank.  I'll
> recreate my partition, throw a file system on it and see if it will let
> me copy back to it or not.

It will, is this the dodgy one?
If yes, and this works, then there likely is/was something wrong with the 
filesystem itself that the filecheck tools didn't find.
In this case, a copy would be really usefull for developers to try to find out 
what was actually causing the issue.

> While I am at it, what is the best file system for videos?  That is the
> biggest thing I use that drive for.  I had a LOT of NCIS, CSI and other
> shows that are now gone.  Anyway, what are opinions on a file system for
> videos on a 750Gb drive?  I had reiserfs on it before.

For large filesizes, I tend to use XFS.
For small filesizes (like email and website), I tend to use reiserfs.

Not sure what other options there are.
JFS might also be good for large filesizes, but then you definitely need a 
good and reliable UPS to shut down cleanly. (If I remember it all correctly)

-- 
Joost