hmmm, perhaps I should rethink keeping my mythstore in an ext3 partition over software raid :(
> All of 'em are basically resizeable under LVM, however not all are > shrinkable. > > But ext2 isn't journaled, and ext3 is *horrible* at large file > deletions. I believe another poster to this list just discovered the > reason for some of his problems was due to lengthy I/O caused by Myth > deleting very large (16GB?) files while trying to record another show on > his ext3 filesystem. > > XFS, JFS, and ReiserFS handle deleting of large files much much better. > With XFS it is nearly instant, no matter the size. JFS is almost as > fast. ReiserFS I haven't tried yet. > > David > > Jochen Kühner wrote: > > >You can also use ext2 or 3, they are both resizeable, too. > > > >I use also lvm with 400gb and one 200gb drive, works great. > > > > > >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Jason McLeod > >Gesendet: Mittwoch, 21. September 2005 20:09 > >An: Azmat; Discussion about mythtv > >Betreff: Re: [mythtv-users] Mounting two hard drives to single mounting > >point > > > >As mentioned by others, using Logical Volume Management is probably > >your best bet. You may also find life easier to use ReiserFS for the > >filesystem on your newly created logical volume. This will allow you > >to resize the filesystem in the future, should you add a 3rd drive. > > > >I'm currently running with 4 drives, giving me 450 Gigs of storage, > >just a bunch of old drives I had kicking around. > > > >I actually installed the Webmin package, to manage the LVM and set it > >up. Quick and easy. Make sure if you're going to use ReiserFS, that > >you install the Reiser utilities too. > > > >Cheers. > >-Jason > > > >Blog: http://jayslife.com > >GPG Fingerprint: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] - A6CC 40B4 99A4 1C08 55A7 BCFC ECDF ED68 > > > > > >On 21-Sep-05, at 10:31 AM, Azmat wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I'm not sure if this has been asked before or if its even possible, > >>but is there any way to mount two HD's to a single mounting point > >>in Linux? I just added a second HD to my mythbox and was hoping > >>there might be a way for /video to point to both of them. Thanks. > >> > >>Azmat > >>_______________________________________________ > >>mythtv-users mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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