Request comparison of relative strenths of thevariousjournaling file systems

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Tim Wunder wrote:
> >>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.

yea, but that's really not converting as much as moving.


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