ext4

[GMAIL - James McDonald]

Terence wrote:
> 2009/10/13 Michael Hipp <Michael at hipp.com>:
>
>   
>>> Using it here on / with no issues. Were you looking for something
>>> specific about it? Painless in-place upgrade. Make sure you end up
>>> setting all the new features on and then schedule a reboot+fsck to
>>> take advantage of the new features, otherwise, it's just a 'better'
>>> ext3
>>>       
>
> I'm using reiserfs (and have done so for years with no problems at all).
>
> What's the current state with reiserfs -there seems to be little
> around on the lists about it ?
>   
I think updates are coming from a penitentiary somewhere.
> What are the advantages of ext4?
>   
It's got a 4 in it which makes it better than ext3. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4

I tried to boot from Knoppix 5.11 and it couldn't read my ext4 
partitions so it pays to understand what you lose when moving to it.

I presume a later version of Knoppix will rectify this problem.
> (sorry for my current lack of knowledge, but,  "what with being happy
> with reiserfs and all"..)
> Terence
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