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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
