I never noticed any difference. Try adding data=writeback to the appropriate place in the fstab and see if that helps... On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, JD wrote: > Hallo list, > I have a "feeling" that ext3 is much slower than ext2. My hadrdrive > blinks more often after I let RH8 formatted it with its favorite ext3; > not to mention the noise from the harddrive rotation. > As I said, it's just a "feeling" so please don't flame me for feeling it. > Am I justified anyway? Is it true that ext3 fs is somehow inferior in > practice that ext2? > JD > > > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list