I found ext3 much slower on my laptop when it was first installed. However, after adding "data=writeback" to the /etc/fstab settings for /, my system is now "fast enough". Tom On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 19:01, 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 -- Tom Ball <Tom.Ball@xxxxxxx> -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
