> ext3 is like ext2 with a journal, which is more or less like another
> file on the filesystem. I can see no reason why ext3 would be harder to
> recover than ext2.
Indeed, ext3 = ext2 + journal.
The problem is that ext3 is not much stable as ext2, and, ext3 does not work
exactly in the same way as ext2.
Polo
On Wednesday 17 March 2004 01:17, Eli Billauer wrote:
> Paramahansa Polo Vieyra wrote:
> > If you are using a ext3 partition, I think you can forget about it. It
> >happen to me with RedHat 7.2 and ext3.
>
> ext3 is like ext2 with a journal, which is more or less like another
> file on the filesystem. I can see no reason why ext3 would be harder to
> recover than ext2.
>
> Let's keep in mind that when a disk gets screwed up, it might be more
> than just the master boot record that got tampered with. It's not like
> we know what did it, in most cases.
>
> The most important thing about disk recovery is to be optimistic. It
> reduces the chances that the disk will become irrecoverable as a result
> of the whole computer going out the window.
>
> Eli
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