On Jun 11, 2008 13:51 +0200, santi@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:14:45 +0200, <santi@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Because /var/cache/e2fsck is on the same disk spindle as the > >> filesystem you are checking, you're probably getting killed on seeks. > >> Moving /var/cache/e2fsck to another disk partition will help (or > >> better yet, battery backed memory device), but the best thing you can > >> do is get a 64-bit kernel and not need to use the auxiliary storage in > >> the first place. > > > > I'm trying a fast test with "mount tmpfs /var/cache/e2fsck -t tmpfs -o > > size=2048M", but appears that will take a long time to complete too.. so > > the next test will be with a 64-bit LiveCD :) > > Note that putting '/var/cache/e2fsck' in a memory filesystem is aprox. 3 > times faster ;-) ...but, isn't the problem that you don't have enough RAM? Using tdb+ramfs isn't going to be faster than using the RAM directly. I suspect that the only way you are going to check this filesystem efficiently is to boot a 64-bit kernel (even just from a rescue disk), set up some swap just in case, and run e2fsck from there. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
