Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 06:24:42 +0200 From: Jacques Foucry <jacques+freebsd@foucry.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are there any real advantages of ext4 over ext2 ? Message-ID: <20200709042442.GB11633@mithril> In-Reply-To: <20200708222453.43ccdcda@archlinux> References: <DB8PR06MB64426C4BB725C23C544C6E3AF6670@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> <20200708222453.43ccdcda@archlinux>
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Le mercredi 08 juil. 2020 à 22:24:53 (+0200), Ralf Mardorf à écrit: > "A journaling file system is a file system that keeps track of changes > not yet committed to the file system's main part by recording the > intentions of such changes in a data structure known as a "journal", > which is usually a circular log. In the event of a system crash or > power failure, such file systems can be brought back online more > quickly with a lower likelihood of becoming corrupted." - > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journaling_file_system > > ext2 isn't a journaling file system, while ext3 and ext4 are journaling > file systems. Btw, it possible to mount a EXT4 volume as an EXT2 volume. You simppli not have the benefict of journaling. So, my advise should be : use ext4 on Linux system and mount then as ext2 on FreeBSD. If you want EXT4 on FreeBSD use FUSE. -- Jacques Foucry
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