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Date:      Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:57:25 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ext2 filesystem lockups
Message-ID:  <20050223175725.GA26395@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <1109172559.702.13.camel@bsd.trippelsdorf.de>
References:  <1109172559.702.13.camel@bsd.trippelsdorf.de>

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On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 04:29:19PM +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
> When copying large files to a locally mounted ext2 filesystem
> my system always locks up.
> Is this a known problem in 64bit mode?
> Which filesystem is recommended for multi-OS file exchange?  

I've heard enought reports of ext2 problems on 32-bit i386, that I don't
trust it in situations that "have to work".  By far the most widely
supported FS is vfat32 [mount_msdosfs(8)].

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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