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
