[TriLUG] How to prevent? "fsck died with exit status 4"

[Ken MacKenzie]

Never had that problem. But I have only demoed av linux. I used to use arch
Linux for audio. Now I use debian stable and add in the kxstudio repos and
compile the latest version of a few choice things.

Anyway as great as some of the pre done "studio" destroy are I have always
found it better to start with an established base distribution and then
build it up to needs yourself.

One thing I will mention that is particularly important when recording with
ardour is you should be recording to a different data store than where the
program and os are running from. Not just a different partition but a
different physical drive. Easy enough on a desktop. On a laptop I would use
a usb 2 drive that worked just fine.

Ken

On Sep 28, 2014 11:14 AM, "Jeremy Davis" <jeremyhwllc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey folks, I've been having problems with AV Linux, which is Debian based
> and has been tuned for low latency while recording music.
>
> I have installed it on a couple different computers and every so often,
the
> system takes a crap and I have to reinstall. It seems to happen if the
> computer is suddenly unplugged or the power goes out. It seems like I read
> that this happens when logged in as super user and the system is shut down
> with out time to close all the processes.
>
> I get a black screen with "fsck died with exit status 4"
>
> I have used Ubuntu based Linux Mint as my primary workstation, on various
> computers for years, and I don't remember ever having this problem.
>
> I am curious how others on the list cope with this issue, such as
> strategies to prevent this from happening, minimize losses, quick recovery
> etc... I am working with music recordings so it is critical not to lose my
> work, which is stored in files on the hard drive.
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