Re: should I try ext3 filesystems even though barely documented?
O> osamu@goofy:~$ apropos ext3
O> fs (5) - Linux filesystem types: minix, ext, ext2, ext3,
my fs manpage doesn't mention ext3 and
------- Up-to-date Important packages in section doc -------
*** Imp doc manpages 1.39-1.1 1.39-1.1 Man pages about using a Linux system.
oh, no wonder,
O> Osamu Aoki @ Cupertino CA USA
O> See "Debian reference": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/
O> "Debian reference" Project at: http://qref.sf.net
you must have the freshest.
O> Many ext2 tools can be used on ext3 filesystem. Just remount them as
O> ext2. You just loose journaling. Heck if you do ext2resize, do you
O> care? I do not consider resize is critical.
just remount them as ext2, just remount them as ext2... urm, this
newbie is opting out. I will read up on this "journaling", for all I
know it might be for Wall Street Journal readers. Anyway, the whole
caper doesn't sound like a newbie-appropriate thing.
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