[plug] formatting new external usb hardrive

[Shayne O'Neill]

Ah. :)

Motto of the story is 'fs stability flips wildly thru time'. and even
'your mileage may vary'. :)

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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Cameron Patrick wrote:

> Shayne O'Neill wrote:
>
> > But I've just had no trouble at all. Granted I suspect XFS is probably the
> > most solid of the lot,
>
> It may have improved since, but last time I tried it (admittedly a
> couple of years ago), XFS was a great way to lose data every time the
> power failed.  The only times I've had problems with ext3 and reiser
> have been with hardware problems.
>
> Cameron.
>
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