Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check

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From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject	Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check
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On 2026-05-05 06:52, c186282 wrote:
> On 5/4/26 21:22, rbowman wrote:
>> On Mon, 4 May 2026 12:41:35 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:
>>
>>> I have had an issue with BTRFS in the past, an error which couldn't be
>>> corrected.
>>
>> My first exposure to btrfs was SuSE 13.2. GRUB was not amused. I'm not
>> sure if it is even now. The Fedora box is btrfs except for /boot which is
>> ext4.
> 
>    In THEORY the 'btrfs' is very good. Alas I keep hearing
>    accounts of un-fixable errors that trash everything.
> 
>    Fedora now defaults to btrfs and it's a bit of a
>    pain to convince it otherwise.
> 
>    There's not a damned thing wrong with EXT4 and at this
>    point it's ultra-reliable and very fixable.

The issue is that support thinks you have btrfs, and they tell you to 
undo to a previous point in the filesystem. You can undo very easily a 
failed update.

Then you tell them "no, I am on ext4" and they grumble.

(thinking of openSUSE).


>    With the sheer volume and frequent access to data these
>    days, as opposed to the old PC days, hyper-reliable is
>    absolutely necessary. Even yer humble laptop may read/write
>    a petabyte a year depending. It'd better do it RIGHT.
> 
>    IMHO, use EXT4, or maybe XFS if you're moving Big Data.
>    ZFS is theoretically good, has some cool features, but
>    it's very obese.
> 


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-04-24 00:04 +0000
  Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-24 02:29 +0000
    Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-04-24 09:23 +0000
      Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-24 10:28 +0100
      Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-24 19:46 -0400
  Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-24 10:55 +0200
  Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-04-26 12:53 +0000
    Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-04-26 14:01 +0000
      Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-26 20:54 +0200
      Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-04-27 13:25 +0000
  Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-27 15:24 +0000
    Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-04-29 13:10 +0000
      Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-29 15:57 +0000
        Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-30 01:02 -0400
          Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-30 11:01 +0200
          Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2026-04-30 12:36 +0000
            Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-04-30 14:32 +0000
              Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-30 16:42 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-03 12:29 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-03 21:13 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-03 22:05 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2026-05-04 12:08 -0400
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-05-04 19:24 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 00:00 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-04 12:41 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-04 20:04 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 00:05 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-05 12:07 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 21:56 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-06 02:41 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 04:13 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-06 13:03 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-06 10:21 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-06 13:36 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 21:16 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-06 23:31 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam2616@zugschl.us> - 2026-05-07 06:41 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-07 08:34 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-07 09:06 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-07 10:58 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-05-08 09:00 +1000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-08 09:45 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-05-09 10:01 +1000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-05-09 00:12 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2026-05-09 17:30 +1000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-08 00:12 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-08 10:57 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-08 09:26 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-08 12:47 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-08 21:55 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-08 16:42 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-08 22:42 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-09 08:34 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-09 10:18 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-09 13:31 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam2616@zugschl.us> - 2026-05-09 09:57 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-06 00:53 -0400
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-06 10:47 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-07 13:17 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-05 01:22 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-05 00:52 -0400
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-05 12:11 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-06 00:46 -0400
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-06 06:43 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-06 11:05 -0400
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-06 19:47 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-05-06 15:10 -0700
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-06 22:04 -0400
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-07 06:32 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-07 17:37 -0400
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-08 00:30 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-07 23:20 -0400
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-06 10:51 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-06 17:38 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-06 20:52 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-07 13:14 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-07 16:51 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-05-07 18:35 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-07 20:08 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-08 12:47 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-08 14:22 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-05-08 13:24 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-09 14:08 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-07 20:20 +0200
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-08 12:40 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-08 00:17 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-08 12:38 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-08 21:07 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-09 14:06 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-05-09 15:27 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-10 12:28 +0000
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-05 12:08 +0200
              Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-30 17:05 +0100
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-30 14:28 -0400
              Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-03 12:15 +0000
            Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-30 16:54 +0100
            Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-01 00:15 +0000
              Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-30 20:36 -0400
                Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-03 12:08 +0000
      Re: Converted EXT4 is Slow to Check c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-04-30 00:59 -0400

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