Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Martin Herrman <martin@×××××××.nl>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-amd64] mount ext3 with ext4 driver
Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 17:16:56
Message-Id: 40bb8d3b0905021016k6241308ek660351f5fa700f8a@mail.gmail.com
1 All,
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3 After reading this:
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5 http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto#Converting_an_ext3_filesystem_to_ext4
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7 do you have any experience with mounting your ext3 filesystems using the
8 ext4 module? Is the performance improvement noticeable?
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10 And how about using the extra options:
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12 # tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/*DEV
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14 *?
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16 How stable do you think that the ext4 module actually is? (using recent
17 kernels, e.g. 2.6.29)
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19 Thanks,
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21 Martin

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] mount ext3 with ext4 driver Branko Badrljica <brankob@××××××××××.com>
[gentoo-amd64] Re: mount ext3 with ext4 driver Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
[gentoo-amd64] Re: mount ext3 with ext4 driver Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] mount ext3 with ext4 driver Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>