Re: Advice about ext3, please

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:15:43 -0400
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

...

> ext2 is problematic for removable drives because if you remove the drive
> without cleanly unmounting it you risk losing your data.  So I would
> recommend ext3 for such uses.  Performance is rarely an issue, actually.

I use ext3 for my external USB drive.  Does this mean that I can remove
it without cleanly unmounting it and not need to worry, or do you
merely mean that I'd be less likely to lose data than if I'd use ext2?

Celejar
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