ext3 Bug in 2.4.20

[Net Llama!]

On 12/03/02 16:31, Jerry McBride wrote:
> ---snip---
> 
>> > > Hmm. I have zero problems with ext3 up to now. In fact, I've had zero
>> > > problems with it at all. Please pay special attention to your "as of
>> > > late" qualification. The problem occurred because of a bug introduced
>> > > extremely late in the 2.4.20-preN series.
> 
> BINGO...
> 
> That's the little hang point that a lot have missed. The bug was introduced
> recently and is still there.
> 
> That said, I've had no problems using it on either laptops, desktops or servers.
> The one big selling point is... you can always go back to ext2 when ever you
> wish, with nothing more than a single command. Try doing that with reiser, xfs,
> jffs, etc...

I think the question is why i'd want to go back to ext2?  I've never had 
any need nor desire to revert to any other filesystem since using XFS. 
the fact that you'd even have a need to do it with ext3 speaks volumes 
about its lack of maturity.

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