Re: should I try ext3 filesystems even though barely documented?
On Monday 01 July 2002 05:46 pm, Ron Johnson wrote:
> 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?
most likely.
> 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.
yeah, granted, a fsck on a disk that large can take time, but your 140 gigs
still doesn't qualify as a compelling reason for me to change mine. working
with 6 gigs, it really doesn't provide a great advantage. dan was asking for
a whyto more than a howto, so i guess the answer would be size of disk *
power failure.
ben
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