On 19/07/10 13:27, Tony Travis wrote:
> On 16/07/10 21:18, Rob Beard wrote:
>> [...]
>> Is the Extents where it allocates space for big files? (I found
>> something about this when googling about EXT4).
>>
>> I wonder too if it's possible to go back to EXT3 from EXT4 like it is
>> possible to go b
On 16/07/10 21:18, Rob Beard wrote:
> [...]
> Is the Extents where it allocates space for big files? (I found
> something about this when googling about EXT4).
>
> I wonder too if it's possible to go back to EXT3 from EXT4 like it is
> possible to go back from EXT3 to EXT2 (how I understand it, EX
On 16/07/2010 21:31, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> On Friday 16 July 2010 21:18:47 Rob Beard wrote:
>> Is the Extents where it allocates space for big files? (I found
>> something about this when googling about EXT4).
> Extents are a method of pre-allocating space to avoid fragmentation. ext4 will
>
On 16 July 2010 21:21, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
>
> I really, really cannot wait for btrfs. :)
>
> Tyler
Why wait? It works already - I have my Maverick / as btrfs.
It is, however, noticeably slower than EXT4 in certain situations at the moment.
Jonathon
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On Friday 16 July 2010 21:18:47 Rob Beard wrote:
> Is the Extents where it allocates space for big files? (I found
> something about this when googling about EXT4).
Extents are a method of pre-allocating space to avoid fragmentation. ext4 will
be faster for copying large files.
Regards,
Tyler
On Friday 16 July 2010 20:53:56 Rob Beard wrote:
> So considering the large files, would anyone recommend EXT3 or EXT4?
Tony outlined the problem with upgrading ext3 to ext4, so I have just this to
add: use ext4. There is no reason, exempting some fears caused by problems in
early releases, not
On 16/07/10 21:09, Tony Travis wrote:
> On 16/07/10 20:53, Rob Beard wrote:
>> [...]
>> Now at the moment I've got my drive formatted to EXT3, I gather I can
>> convert from EXT3 to EXT4 (but I'm going to reformat the drive anyway)
>> but I wondered basically if I might be better going for EXT4 thi
On 16/07/10 20:53, Rob Beard wrote:
> [...]
> Now at the moment I've got my drive formatted to EXT3, I gather I can
> convert from EXT3 to EXT4 (but I'm going to reformat the drive anyway)
> but I wondered basically if I might be better going for EXT4 this time?
Hello, Rob.
Yes, you can convert f
