On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 05:09:53PM -0700, limahotel wrote: > > > >Ext2 is a > >non-journaling filesystem. Ext3 is a journaling filesystem and an > >extension of Ext2. > > Any reason for using Ext3? Do I need the journalizing capability? Which > one is best to use for Fedora 3 - Ext2 or Ext3 ? >
As Neil said, ext3 is ext2 with journaling added as an extension. There are plenty of other file systems supported by Linux and most have good purposes and people who really like them either in general or for specific purposes. Red Hat has settled on first ext2 and now ext3 as their default, and for a beginner, you can't go far wrong just accepting the ext3 default. You want journaling, you just don't know it yet ;-) The main thing journaling gives you is stability (and peace of mind -- OK two things). If someone kicks out the plug and you have an unceremonious quit-without-shutdown, the journal will let Linux check the file system when it reboots and you're *much* less likely to have any data loss. Journaling is your friend. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
