On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:20 AM, maSnun <[email protected]> wrote: > I have assigned about 239GB to my /home partition which is ext3 filesystem. > I have heard that ext3 has issues with partitions more than 25GB. I fear > that my installation will corrupt again. > Where have you heard that ext3 has issues with partitions more than 25 GB? Please be sure of the information first before believing it. As far as I am aware, there is NO "issue" with ext3 and partitions larger than 25GB. Maybe your hard drive is at fault. > Can I do anything to stop the oncoming crash ? Do you suggest switching to a What oncoming crash? There will be no oncoming crash, Insha Allah. > better FS? Perhaps like JFS or ext4? In that case, how do I convert my FS > without losing any data? > ext3 is already a very stable filesystem. But ext4 is newer and faster. But be sure to use a UPS, because it can lose data sometimes when the power goes off. > My System: > > Ram - 1 GB > Processor - Celeron D (2.8 GHz) > > Hard Disk 1 - Samsung 250 GB > Hard Disk 2 - Maxtor 40 GB > > Ubuntu 9.04 has been installed on Hard Disk 1 with following partitions: > > "/" - 1 GB > "/boot" - 1 GB > "/home" - 239 GB > swap - rest of the disk space > > Hard Disk 2 has no partitions. > > -- > Abu Ashraf Masnun > Grad Student, BBA, > Khulna University. > http://masnun.com > -- > Ubuntu Bangladesh | http://ubuntu-bd.org > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd >
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