On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 10:42:21PM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On 26 Nov 2002 at 11:22am, Isaac To wrote: > > :>>>>> "Matthias" == Matthias Hentges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : > : Matthias> Ext3 is rock-stable since it is based on ext2 which is in use > : Matthias> for many years and is well tested. > : > :You probably cannot infer the stability of ext3 from that of ext2. The > :layout has been made mostly compatible, but the code has been changed for > :much more than what you can trust without trying it. > > Are you sure? I thought that ext3 was just ext2 plus journal. In fact, > I've seen it suggested that you can safely revert from ext3 to ext2 by > simply deleting the journal file and editing fstab. I seem to remember > seeing that on this list a while back as a way to shred files reliably so > that they could _not_ be recovered from the ext3 journal.
The filesystem _layout_ is the same, the filesystem _code_ is not Frank > > I went to ext3 a month or so ago on a live system and have had no > problems, but I haven't tried reverting to ext2. > > Patrick > > -- > Patrick Wiseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux user #17943 *Google First, Ask Later* > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
