[linux-audio-user] Re: is ext3 ok for real-time / low-latency?

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

> >Should I convert my filesystem back to ext2 (assuming there is a way) or not?
> 
> Its very simple. Unmount, edit /etc/fstab and change ext3 to ext2, mount.
> To convert back, reverse the process.

It _is_ simple but not that simple. You have to use tunefs to tell the
filesystem to not use the journal. See:

  http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/FAQs/ext3-faq.html

-- Fernando