From: "Joe Barr" 


I believe ext3 is ext2 with a flag passed to do journaling.


On Sat, 10 May 2003 17:51:31 -0400, Robert Comer wrote:

> I think I figured out why, ext3 is more compatible with older file systems
> and programs that assumed ext2.  Mandrake defaults to ext3 as well...
>
> - Bob comer
>
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:3ebd66e6$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
>> news:3ebd5bcf$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>> > It's getting to that point, yes -- like Rich said, Red hat defaults to
>> ext3
>> > on all partitions but swap.
>>
>> Yes but ext3 is new and JFS has been around for years.
>>
>> Geo.
>>
>>
>>

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