Re: [linux-audio-dev] some ide qs [was:Re: Interesting article on SCSI vs. IDE]

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] some ide qs [was:Re: Interesting article on SCSI vs. IDE]
From: D.R. Holsbeck (drh_AT_niptron.com)
Date: Thu Nov 09 2000 - 18:33:35 EET

What about SGI's xfs. Its been ported to Linux. Seems to have a
nice design. Supports very large files. And supposedly will recover
in aprox 1-2 mins after a crash (ie turning the power off without
dismounting). I havent tried it yet but it looks promising.

Steve Harris wrote:

> > --p (still wondering if FAT32 is a better filesystem for audio than ext2)
>
> I've been wondering why no-one has written an audio filesystem for linux,
> I'm not sure what it would be like. Few, simple inodes, big blocks?
>
> There are extreme things, like clockwise, but that seems a bit overkill.
> http://www.huygens.org/~peterb/clockwise.html
>
> I rember seeing one guy had written one (as a learning exercise, was it
> mentioned here?) but he didn't think it was a speed benefit.
>
> - Steve 

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