Re: ext4 stable enough to entrust it with data?
On 2009-06-30 20:40 +0200, lee wrote:
> Anyway, getting the new disks brings up the question which file system
> to use. It seems you can convert ext3 to ext4 later, so I'm thinking
> of using ext3 for now and maybe converting later. On the first glance,
> there doesn't seem to be a disadvantage with doing it this way.
There is, existing files will not take advantage of the new features of
ext4 like extents. Therefore, I would just go straight to ext4 for new
filesystems.
One caveat, though: grub(-legacy) cannot read ext4, you have to switch
to grub2 (aka grub-pc) or use a separate ext2/3 filesystem for /boot.
Sven
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