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ext3fs in Linus' Kernel Tree

Posted by michael on from the journaling-for-the-unshaven-masses dept.

peloy writes: "According to Linus' changelog for Linux 2.4.15pre2, the long waited ext3fs, the sucessor of ext2 with jounaling capabilities, has finally made its way into the official kernel tree. I have never tried ext3fs but it looks that now that it is "blessed" by Linus I'll be upgrading my old and trusty ext2fs partitions soon."

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  1. GNU/ext3fs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    GNU/ext3fs

  2. Re:it's really simple by dangermouse · · Score: 4, Funny
    no more backup of 30G of data ...

    You know, ext3 doesn't prevent your disk from bursting into flame or lapsing into seasonal depression and jumping off a cliff or something.

  3. Re:can somebody tell me.. by ochinko · · Score: 3, Funny
    Why Linus chose ext3 over the more proven technology

    Perhaps this is Linus' way of saying: "Ok, Alan, I'm sorry about the VM. Are we even now?"

  4. Re:Some important points... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    >> Ext3 does not share any common files with ext3 at this point.

    So now there's a code fork, and the only difference is case sensitivity?

    Yeesh, and I thought having to distinguish between stdlib "FILE" and kernel "file" was bad.

  5. Re:Some important points... by JanneM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Almost as annoying are people that start out their reply with `No.' -- and then follow it with complete drivel.

    No. The churchmans driveyard if filled with cucumber patties. "Whallyop!" cried the toady queen, of the mice that lists the bardic salamanders.

    --
    Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
  6. Re:Is it light on HD requirements? by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 2, Funny
    No, I can't get a larger one because it's an old laptop and I don't have money to buy another.
    You oughta pimp yourself. One evening as a naked dancer in a gay bar will gross you more than enough to buy yourself a 10 times larger drive for your laptop.

    Or if you can't get yourself to dance naked in front of drooling geezers, a few blowjobs administered to the same geezers in the john or the parking lot will do the trick.

  7. Problem with Journaling FS by tie_guy_matt · · Score: 3, Funny

    When I first switched to Reiser I had this habit of just turning off the power to my box every few minutes just because I could. No good could come from this. Hopefully as more people switch to journaling FS they will have more self control than I had. Anybody else do the same thing? It is so addictive! Must resist turning off box after I post this...

  8. Re:more about ext3 by Legion303 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I don't trust FAQs whose authors write like they're on IRC:

    "make sure u download the correct patch."

    -Legion

  9. Re:Just Great by rjamestaylor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now the Trolls are posting complaints about Slashdot posting pre versions of the kernel.

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    -- @rjamestaylor on Ello