Bharani Chadalavada wrote:
> I already have softdep in there. May be you are write. Our source repos has a
> lot of directories and it involves a big directory walk. A lot of files are
> created in the process, including ofcourse the obj files.
> 
> I am using ext2fs on linux. Does that mean ext2fs is much better than ffs??

Depends on what you prefer, if speed or reliability :)

If you mount the file system async, you would get more speed and about
the same reliability as ext2fs. (BEWARE: see manpage first)

Also, make sure to use pciide and not wdc.

Can you post your dmesg output ?

Jaromir
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