Hi Cyril, Cyril Plisko pÃÅ¡e v so 01. 12. 2007 v 08:35 +0200: > On Nov 30, 2007 5:28 PM, Jan Senolt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I would like to propose a new Open Solaris project called "Ext2 filesystem" > > providing ext2 filesystem interoperability capabilites for OpenSolaris. > > > > Ext2 filesystem (or Second Extended Filesystem) is the standard filesystem > > for GNU/Linux and was ported to another operating systems too. Although > > ext2 is not a journaling file system, its successor, ext3, provides > > journaling and is almost completely compatible with ext2. The initial > > implementation will not perform logging from ext3. Support from logging can > > be added later. > > > I assume that this project seeks providing some level of > interoperability with Linux.
Exactly, for dual-boot machines as possible data sharing way, better than pcfs. > If so I think targeting ext3 from the moment zero is essential, since > (AFAIK) it used > almost exclusively these days instead of ext2. > I think that providing ext3 capability in Solaris is an important step > toward broader/ > easier Solaris penetration into traditional Linux turf. In fact when > I'm talking with Linux > people about trying Solaris I'm almost always asked "Will Solaris access my > ext3 > filesystem ?". > With ext2 it could be possible. Not everytime, but still. > These is one important thing, however, to mention - very large amount of > ext[23] > filesystems are deployed over LVM. So unless it is also supported in Solaris > accessing Linux ext[23] filesystem can be problematic. > Yes, but the most of dual-boot machines are workstations and laptops. Data migration on servers (typicall LVM users) is another story. > > > So, +1 for this project proposal. > Best regards, Milan
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