Sort of OT but, I hope you're not using ext3 for your audio data disk. If so check this out - http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/Arcana.html. Specifically, Mark Knecht's info on filesystem tests. Jan On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 16:08, rob fell wrote: > > I'd have to agree. > > I spent some weeks getting a fresh gentoo partition running, getting ardour > working, only to get stopped dead in my tracks with a (not yet proven) kernel > bug in ext3 code. > > I threw my hands in the air with disgust and had RH8 + planet going in 8 hours > (incl burning/verifying the ISOs) having never tried that route before > (thanks Fernando). I'm not a dummy, but I can read the instructions (Fernando > - may I suggest a link to an rpm repair page: I remember why I ditched > MDK/RH). > > Tonight I captured 3 hours of rehearsal direct to disk. No glitches. Zero to > un-coordinated hero in a day.... > > R > > > [a little bit late on this thread...] > > > > > Red Hat is okay as a server distro but they just don't seem to understand > > > the desktop and unless you're a power user who knows enough to install > > > apt-rpm, you're stuck in dependency hell. > > > > Hmmm, maybe not yet for "absolute beginners" but you don't need to be a > > "power user" either. Surf to: > > http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/ > > Follow the directions and get apt installed (no dependency hell), a > > lowlat kernel, alsa and a bunch of audio/video apps. > > > > -- Fernando >
