Re: linux 2.4.13 Kernel and Ext3 vs Ext2

From: François Cami (stilgar2k@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Sun Nov 25 2001 - 07:49:47 EST


Miguel Maria Godinho de Matos wrote:

> My question is, which kernel version support the ext3 partition format?

2.4.15pre2 onwards

I would wait for 2.4.16 to be out though, or try 2.4.16pre1.

> ext3 had lots of advantages over
> ext2, i choosen ext3!
>
> I want to know whether i did the right or the wrong thing, and which are the
> main differences between these two types!!!

Well ext3 is a journalled file system... See
http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/LG/issue68/dellomodarme.html
for a good explanation of this.

> ha, and before saying goodbye, where can read the complete information about
> each and every kernel release?

Read the Changelogs.
kernels released until yesterday :
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/testing/old/
from now on :
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.5/testing/

François

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