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Re: 32bit vs 64bit EXT3



Stackpole, Chris escreveu:
>
> I was trying to read up on the subject as best as I could. From what I
> understand, most of what the 64bit format provides is bigger block
> sizes and a larger filesystem (+8TB). However, I only have drives in
> the hundreds of GB not in the TB range (I wish…but don’t we all). It
> is my understanding that 64bit carries full backwards compatibility,
> but I really wanted to verify first. So now all that is left is to
> give the upgrade a shot and see what happens.
>

You should not have any problems. However, it definitively never hurts
to do a backup before.

-- 
Eduardo M Kalinowski
eduardo@kalinowski.com.br


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