Request comparison of relative strenths of thevariousjournaling file systems

[Tim Wunder]

On 4/7/2003 9:22 AM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Tim Wunder wrote:
> 
>>On 4/7/2003 8:26 AM, someone claiming to be Mel Roman wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks for your responses.  Here are some followup questions:
>>>
>>>Collins Richey <erichey2 at attbi.com> writes:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>>2. Some like myself prefer EXT3 because it is "simpler" and a part of
>>>>the standard kernel 2.4.x (and later) distribution.  I've used EXT3 for
>>>>a couple of years, and it has always recovered successfully from
>>>>emergency shutdowns.
>>>
>>>
>>>How is it "simpler"?  I just installed ReiserFS for my test environment
>>>and just had to specify which filesystem I wanted to use.  Can you clarify?
>>>
>>
>>An ext2 partition can be converted into a journalled ext3 partition
>>easily, with a single command, 'tune2fs -j <partition>'.
>>
>>Converting ext2 to ReiserFS or XFS is a little more complicated.
> 
> 
> A little more complicated, as in , impossible.  YOu can't convert ext2/3
> to reiserFS or XFS non-destructively.
> 

Move data to spare partition, formmat original partition, move data 
back... there, converted.