Re: Convert ext3 to ext4

[Robin Laing <Robin Laing drdc-rddc gc ca>]

Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Jerry Amundson wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Rahul Sundaram
> > <sundaram fedoraproject org> wrote:
> > > Robin Laing wrote:
> > >
> > > > It has to do with the write delays and the way the data is written to
> > > > the disk.  I didn't want to risk it.
> > > The fixes for these issues have long since been in rawhide.
> > And in F10 also?
>
> Will be when 2.6.29 hits F10.
>
> F10 still had ext4 as a "hidden" fs option, remember, it was a bit more
> of a test fs at that point.  We do make efforts to keep things working
> well in F10 (Thanks esp. to Chuck!) but F10 ext4 wasn't expected to be
> without some potential flaws.

When I installed my F10, it was an option to use EXT4 so I used it.

I have had strange crashes but I think they are a combination of 
hardware and timing issues, not Fedora directly.  I cannot say what data 
has been lost, if any due to using EXT4.

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Robin Laing