On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 02:49:32AM +0200, Sven-Haegar Koch wrote: > I see a different problem with "ext3 + extends is not ext3 anymore" when > the feature goes mainstream: > - user with old distri, no extends in use, no kernel support for them > - user has some kind of problem > - uses new rescue disk (aka knoppix at the time of problem) - that then > is current stuff, and certainly uses extents - fixes problem on disk > (may be a simple as running lilo/grub from chroot, happens often for me) > - tries to boot back into his distri -> *boom* he lost Incorrect, because unless you explicitly enable the use of extents, the mere act of using a new kernel such as might be found on knoppix will not result in the filesystem utilizing the extent feature. There's a lot FUD being spread by people who haven't been bothering to understand what is being proposed, and that's disappointing. - Ted - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
