Re: should I try ext3 filesystems even though barely documented?
On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 18:27, ben wrote:
> On Monday 01 July 2002 02:59 pm, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > What is this I hear about "ext3" filesystems, is it worth the change
> > for junior home user me, and mainly, on woody, I do
> > $ apropos ext2
> > $ apropos ext3
> > and notice that there's a lot documents that don't even mention ext3
> > yet, ... worrisome.
>
> a few months back, i remember, there were quite a few 'oh sh*t!' type posts
> related to ext3, enough so that, on asking myself whether i was in the mood
> to deal with it, i decided no. like you, i'm on a home system, and i never
> did come across any compelling reason to take it on.
Were they "oh sh*t!" because they didn't follow the HOWTO? I've used
it for 6 months now without a problem
Not having to do a fsck on 140GB of disk space after a power failure
makes it worth it to me, a home user to put on my and my wife's PCs.
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