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03-03-2005, 08:40 AM
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Registered: Feb 2005
Location: internet
Distribution: Debian
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ext2 | ext3
hi,
i am mandrake 10.0.
i have ext3 partition.
is there any main difference between these two partition....
and which one is most suitable?
or any other partition may i choose...during install ?
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03-03-2005, 08:44 AM
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HCL Maintainer
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: McCalla, AL, USA
Distribution: Arch, Gentoo
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You can get more information by searching,
but basically ext3 is journalized, ext2 is not.
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03-03-2005, 08:44 AM
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Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Alphen aan den Rijn , netherlands
Distribution: core
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ext3 is basicly ext2 but with journaling fs search google with what is ext2
but the FS depends on what you want for server mostly ext3 is very good
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03-03-2005, 09:10 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
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ext3 would be better to use because its journalled so your system boots up faster if it shuts down incorrectly for whatever reason.
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