On Thursday 01 November 2001 11:17, you wrote:
> On Thursday 01 November 2001 09:46, you wrote:
> ext2 is useful for compatibility, if you need it with older installs, or
> importing/exporting data on disks used in other machines. Also if you want
> to play with the additional ext3 options (include full data journalling,
> not just meta-data journaling).
I'd like to make this point clearer. I wanted to say that you can use ext2
as a stepping stone to ext3, after an installation, or perhaps much later
after ext3 stabilises, as you can convert to ext3 without backup and restore
of the data, as ext3 uses the same layout on disk.
Rob
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