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| Author: | gummybear [ Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:44 pm ] |
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Just wondering if there is any preventive maintenance I should do on my Myth box to keep it happy? I've been recording a lot lately and thinking maybe I should defrag the hard drive? I have noticed it sputtering a bit lately. How do you defrag in Linux? Maybe I could just reformat the 'cache' partition? Any thoughts? |
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| Author: | Juz10MAC [ Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:40 pm ] |
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I've used "tune2fs -c 3 -C 1 /dev/hda1" on my KnoppMyth computer. This will have it check the root file system every three boots. I've also done the same to my /cache and /myth partitions. If you stagger them, it will check a file system at every reboot. Then just get in the habit of rebooting the computer periodically. When I was running R4V5 I had a setup crash due to file system corruption. Ever since then, I've been a little concerned. |
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| Author: | gummybear [ Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:12 pm ] |
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OK, thanks. Well, I don't have to worry about rebooting since I'm using nvram wakeup. However, I sometimes get a long delay when starting live TV. I such cases, I can hear the hard drive thrashing about for a while. I presume it's cleaning stuff up or buffering data? The KnoppMyth Wiki mentions using the XFS file system. Is this still recommended? |
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| Author: | Xsecrets [ Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:47 pm ] |
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the XFS filesystem is very good with large files, so it is not a bad idea. I use it for my /myth and /cache partitions myself. |
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| Author: | Girkers [ Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:41 am ] |
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IF the XFS filesystem is better, why then is the default not set to this? |
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| Author: | Xsecrets [ Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:34 am ] |
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well there is no definitive proof that XFS is better. I have one box that uses XFS and one that doesn't and I can't really see any discernible difference. I switched to XFS a long time ago to fix a problem, at the same time I turned off comm flag which I think was the real root of the problem back then, and have just never bothered to switch back as I wasn't having any problems. |
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