I am not too well aware of the intricate details, but I would assume
that ext3 will use up time when writing the journal (every 5 seconds or
so). Am I wrong there??

- Pranay

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Erik Sabowski
Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 3:36 PM
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Subject: Re: Changing a file system between ext2 and ext3

just out of curiosity, what advantages does ext2 have over ext3?

airyk

Anand Buddhdev wrote:

> 
> 
> You can mount an ext3 FS as ext2; no problem. The kernel will simply
> ignore the journal, and the FS will behave exactly as it was before
under
> ext2. That's the beauty of the system. You can go back and forth
between
> the two systems. If you want to permanently go back from ext3 to ext2,
> then you have to use tune2fs to remove the journal (although it is
safe
> to leave it there even if using the system as ext2).
> 




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