[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Should I convert to ext3?



Chip Rose wrote:

As a new Debian3.0 user, I've seen posts about converting to ext3 or
another type filesystem.  I don't know anything about this, but if it
would make my single-user computer more stable,


Probably won't make it more stable, but it's a little safer in the event of a catastrophic system shutdown (power outage, etc).

I might want to try it. Are there significant benefits, to outweigh the "risks" of me possibly
hosing my system?  I went to the following links, and didn't see much in
the way of advocacy or potential upsides.
http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/ext3-usage.html
http://www.symonds.net/~rajesh/howto/ext3/ext3-5.html
Thanks/Chip Rose
=================
I tend to run it on my boxes; I haven't had any problems. And, if you want to ease into it, and you have multiple partitions,just convert on a partition-by-partition basis; you don't have to convert your entire system all at once.

For example, to convert the /var partition,
   tune2fs -j /var

Kent






Reply to: