On 08-Sep-2003/16:55 -0700, Ian L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>well mount says its ext2. I thought i had formatted it with ext3, but maybe 
>i didnt. If its working as ext2 i dont really care. I dont really know what 
>the difference is between ext2 and ext3. as long as its working i'm happy.

ext3 is a journaling filesystem. It keeps track of every change and allows
the system to reliably recover after an unexpected system shutdown. I'd
use in on any partition where I expect to write data.

Tony
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