Arch Linux

hubertstar

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Registered: 2008-04-10

Posts: 22

Ext4 data loss

http://www.h-online.com/open/Ext4-data- … ews/112892

is archlinux fix this bug at current kernel?

or we waiting kernel 2.26.30?

grndrush

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From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2003-12-28

Posts: 136

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Re: Ext4 data loss

Yes, I think 2.26.30 fixes this. However,  the workarounds I've seen aren't too draconian - mainly setting the nodelalloc mount option. That'll go into effect my next boot; I installed ext4 as my / fs the last week of Dec. The 'typical' things have happened since then - a few hard lock-upd, one or two power losses.

Total (known) lost or corrupted data to date: NONE.

Performance isn't that fast (a bit slower than the mature ReiserFS install which preceded it.). Difference when handling large # of small files is (of course) noticeably faster on ReiserFS.

ASUS A8V-MX; XP3500; 512MB; 250GB; 64MB GeForce2 MX/400 4xAGP; SB2 Live+.

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

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Re: Ext4 data loss

This is being covered in a number of different threads.