> > Not necessarily. Problems would show up only if you transferred data
> > between two different systems via carrying a harddisk.
> Or a floppy. Or a Zip/Jazz/pick-your-favorite-removeable-media disk.
Well, other filesystems than ext2 are much better suited for removable
media (minixfs for example). I hardly know anyone using ext2 on removable
media *and* exchanging software with people using other platforms. :-)
But you're right. It should have shown up earlier if it were an endianness
problem.
Simon
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