On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 10:50:47AM +0200, Tim Dijkstra wrote: > Just curious (I'm not really into file systems): Why should I want > ext3 instead of ext2? Is it speed, stability?
One reason: Journalling. Basically writes on the filesystem happens as transactions. So if the one transaction gets interrupted (power failure etc.) the filesystem can be returned to a previous correct state. It also means fsck happens extremely quickly :) -- Danie Roux *shuffle* Adore Unix -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
