Re: [TCLUG:14271] ext3

[Tim Neu <tim@tneu.visi.com>]

From reading the ext3 docs, all journaling information is stored in a
special file on an otherwise normal ext2 filesystem, so theoretically, the
filesystem wouldn't be damaged, however the journalling information would
be lost.

Assuming a version of fsck that understands the journalling, then it
would just playback the journal logs...

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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Mike Hicks wrote:

> > I was waiting for xfs, but if ext3 works that well! Coolness.
> 
> Eeep!  I wouldn't wait for XFS -- I think that will be a while..  I
> might try out ReiserFS one of these days (I think I may get a big drive
> soon -- that would be a good format to put on it..)  However, I don't
> know if ReiserFS is architecture-independent yet (i386 only, right
> now..)  Ext3 sounds nice (it sounds like the successor to ext2, gee..),
> but I worry a bit since it's supposed to be backwards-compatible.  You
> get new features, but there is the potential for a lot of problems to be
> inherited..  Also, I'd hate to see what happens if I accidentally ran an
> ext2 fsck on an ext3 partition (though fsck probably checks the version
> of the filesystem before doing anything..)
> 
> *shrug*  That's all IMHO..
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