On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 00:29:01 -0500 Bruce Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 08 December 2001 23:25 pm, Jerry McBride wrote: > > While watching S. King's IT on tv. tonight... with the wifey > ofcourse... I > > upgraded my laptop to use ext3. > > > > Once installed, I did a couple of tests... namely... I removed the > battery > > and then unplugged the wall adpater from the laptop... while in > the middle > > of a compile session... > > > > Upon reboot, it was proclamed that the root system had to be.... I > think it > > said "re-journaled"... anyway... an eye blink later I had my > laptop back > > and ready for use! Amazing! I did this a COUPLE of times and each > time the > > filesystem check was less than a second or two and this was on a > 12gig file > > system! The same fsck on a 12gig ext2 would last forever... > > > > I'm royally impressed! > > > > And the movie stunk... > > > > Cheers all and goodnight. > > I'm impressed too but I wonder what the effects are on backups, etc. > And can ext3 be 'backed-off' at any point? ext3 can be converted back to ext2 at any time > > If you take a 'fuzzy' (backup while system is in motion) what > happens when you restore? If you boot a backup system can the root of the ext3 > system be accessed? > What kind of a backup? If you're doing a logical backup (cp -a or some kind of tar), you won't even be aware of the journals. If you're doing some sort of an image copy of an active filesystem, even without journaling, I would think that would be bad news. Also you can use an external journal in a separate fs with ext3. > Not expecting you to answer all these... maybe someone can chime > in. (or point to a source of information on ext3) > I'm sure a google search would give you reams of data. > > -- > +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI > 12/09/01 00:26 + > +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > "Some people are like a callus; they always show up when the work > is > finished." > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Archives, Digests, etc at > http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Collins Richey Denver Area - WWTLRD? gentoo_rc6 k2.4.17-pre6+ext3+xfce+sylpheed+galeon _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
