On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 22:37 +0200, mess-mate wrote: > On 26/10/2013 22:25, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 22:13 +0200, mess-mate wrote: > >> Hi, > >> i aborted the install of wheezy. > >> A ext4 filesystem would be allocated and no other choice is available. > >> A couple of years ago ext4 cause problems. > >> I have to transfer some ext3 data from squeeze to wheezy. > >> So , is this solved and fully compatible with ext3. > >> regards > > ext3 is ext3 and ext4 is ext4. > > > > You can copy _-p_ the data from ext3 to ext4 and _nothing_ would be > > lost. > > If you e.g. would copy data from ext3 to FATfoo, no data would be lost, > > just permissions would be lost. > > > > What do you mean with compatible? > > > > > > > Thanks Ralf, you answerd my questions. > So the ext2/3 is gone and the ext4 is the new standard now.
ext4 is a quasi standard now and more or less the same as ext3, yes. I guess (I'm not an expert and I do not want to google now) ext2 differs to ext3 regarding the journaling, I might be mistaken. Simply wait for some other replies or do some research yourself, but AFAIK you won't experience issues. Likely we would use Reiser today if Hans wouldn't have married. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reiser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1382820956.656.286.camel@archlinux
