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Re: Should I convert to ext3?



On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 12:10:17PM -0400, 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, I might want to try it. 

Give it a go, then.

> 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.

You get journalling, so crash recovery is a few seconds rather than a
the better part of an hour for today's large hard disks.  It's fairly
quick, and it's difficult for anyone with an IQ greater than a brick
to screw up conversion.

-- 
Baloo

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