Re: Is anyone using EXT FS (fwd)

B. Galliart (bgallia@luc.edu)
Tue, 19 Mar 1996 09:19:04 -0600 (CST)

On Sun, 17 Mar 1996, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> If one is a newbie, ext==ext2.
>
> Bad logic:
> The standard filesystem is ext version 2.
> 'make config' asks if I want ext, so I say yes.
> Then it asks if that should be version two - yes there also.
>
> Terrible logic:
> The standard filesystem is ext version 2.
> I should mount my filesystem as type ext.

Johan Myr <jem@vistacom.fi> said:
: I think the config script should be changed so that it asks if you want
: the ext file system AFTER it has asked if you want the ext2 file system.
: The ext file system could perhaps also be labeled "the OLD ext file
: system". I once fell in this trap myself: I answered yes to the ext file
: system by mistake, even if I knew perfectly well that ext2 was what I
: wanted. When the script asked for ext2, I hit myself on my head, pressed
: Ctrl-C and started all over again...
:
: Johan Myreen
: jem@iki.fi

I think popular use of utilities such as menuconfig (which should be
included by default with 1.4.x and already is included with newer 1.3.x
kerneles) should help take care of the type of problem you describe.

Ben Galliart
bgallia@luc.edu