Re: rsync to ext2 filesystem issues

[Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost>]

El vie, 11 sept 2026 a las 9:29, RVP (<rvp%sdf.org@localhost>) escribió:
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> On Wed, 9 Sep 2026, Ramiro Aceves wrote:
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> > Last night, I ran fsck.ext2 from e2fsprogs. I think it took longer than
> > when I ran it under Linux, [...]
> >
>
> How much longer? I check my ext{2,4} data partitions using e2fsck on both
> FreeBSD and NetBSD, and have seen no appreciable difference in speeds.
>

Hello RVP,

On Linux, fsck took about 1 hour.
On NetBSD, using fsck from e2fsprogs, it took about 4.85 hours.

Regards.


> > This seems to be an endless nightmare: two different operating systems
> > “touching” the same filesystem with different ext2 implementations and
> > possible bugs.
> >
>
> Which is why I make backups (onto a commom ext2 FS) only from Linux. It reads
> FreeBSD and NetBSD (no ea; no log) UFS filesystems just fine.
>
> -RVP