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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. 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.

  2. 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.