On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 02:59:29PM -0600, Thomas Dodd wrote: > > > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > Below are three paragraphs from the RedHat White paper on ext3. > > The first paragraph says data=ordered is the default mode. The last > > paragraph says data=journal is the default mode. Which is correct? > > > > The second paragraph starting on the second line says that to journal > > metadata but not file data use data=ordered or data=writeback, > > This contradicts the first paragraph that says that data=ordered > > journals data. Which is correct? > > > > All this is very confusing, is it not? Any clarification would be > > appreciated. > > > The mount man page says that data=ordered is the default. > That's the one I'd truse unless you change the options in /etc/fstab or > when you mount the filesystem. > > -Thomas Thanks. It is strange that the man page does a better job explaining the differences between the three typed of ext3 journalling than the white paper does. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University 715 Stadium Dr. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@trinity.edu -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
