Tal Liron wrote: > The release candidate statement for Ubuntu Studio 9.04 says that ext4 is not > recommended. This comes a bit a late for me because I've already converted my > household to ext4 weeks ago. (Living on the edge, baby!) > > > Can anybody provide more details as to why this is not recommended? Is it the > linux-rt kernel? Is it that audio apps feature that silly fsync "bug"? > > > I guess what I can do at this stage is create a special ext3 partition for > just > saving my audio data. (I'm a heavy user of Ardour.) Would that be enough, or > should I just avoid using ext4 via linux-rt altogether? If I insist, what > would > be the consequences? >
It's not "recommended" simply because it's a new-to-Ubuntu filesystem. That's it. (well, scattered reports of locking under load have also popped up. haven't seen it lately though) > (By the way, is there a recommended Linux filesystem for audio work?) > Personally, ext3. > The return of linux-rt to Ubuntu makes me very, very happy. :) I bow in > gratitude before the team's dev, packaging, and bureaucratic prowess at > bringing > this release together. > As are we. Hopefully the kernel is solid and works well for all. -Cory K. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
