Robert Heffernan wrote:
> I've just begun to install Redhat 7.2
> I've elected to format and resintall and was thus presented with the option
> of formatting mymain partition
>> this is the first time I recall having to make the choice between ext2 and
> ext3 as my filesystem
>> given that I know nothing about either I've elected to stick with ext2 but,
> what are the major benifits of both? Is ext3 merely a new and improved
> filesystem or is it merely for specific purposes, or is it just different
> and equivalent wrt performance?
ext3 is journaling. You need more disk space for it but I read
somewhere recently (/.?) that it is much better than ext2.
///Peter
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