linux-kernel - Re: document ext3 requirements

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Message-ID: <20090104201025.GB20375@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Sun, 4 Jan 2009 21:10:25 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	"Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, tytso@....edu,
	mtk.manpages@...il.com, rdunlap@...otime.net,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: document ext3 requirements

On Sun 2009-01-04 18:35:41, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> Pavel Machek wrote:
> [CC: Alan Cox because of his reply in the "XFS internal error" thread]
>
>> Using ext3 is only safe if storage subsystem meets certain
>> criteria. Document those.
>
> Thanks for this patch. However, after reading this, I have a stupid  
> question: which file system should I use if I had to reinstall my  
> computers from scratch now?

ext2 is still the safest default... if you can live with fsck.

ext3 is the safest from the journalling ones, AFAICT.
									Pavel
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