On 1 Feb 2010, at 06:54, Michael Rubin wrote: > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Thomas Kupper <thomas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Consider the following scenario: Assume I have a partition formated with ext2 on a computer with some 2.4.x kernel. Now I mount this ext2 partition on another computer as ext4 using a 2.6.29+ kernel. After that I take the disk back to the older computer and mount the ext2 on the 2.4.x kernel with the ext2 driver. > > I have seen this work as long as you don't add the "extents" or other > ext4 specific mount options. Our kernels are not quite as up to date > as 2.6.29 and we have not done extensive testing with that kernel. Not > sure anyone has tested this case thoroughly. Thanks alot for your answer, that'll do for me to start with. Nothing on computers is guaranteed to work perfect :) > mrubin Cheers, Thomas-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
