[Ubuntu-BD] Help with ext3

[Saad M Niamatullah]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:20 AM, maSnun <masnun at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have assigned about 239GB to my /home partition which is ext3 filesystem.
> I have heard that ext3 has issues with partitions more than 25GB. I fear
> that my installation will corrupt again.
>
Where have you heard that ext3 has issues with partitions more than 25
GB? Please be sure of the information first before believing it. As
far as I am aware, there is NO "issue" with ext3 and partitions larger
than 25GB. Maybe your hard drive is at fault.
> Can I do anything to stop the oncoming crash ? Do you suggest switching to a
What oncoming crash? There will be no oncoming crash, Insha Allah.
> better FS? Perhaps like JFS or ext4? In that case, how do I convert my FS
> without losing any data?
>
ext3 is already a very stable filesystem. But ext4 is newer and
faster. But be sure to use a UPS, because it can lose data sometimes
when the power goes off.
> My System:
>
> Ram - 1 GB
> Processor - Celeron D (2.8 GHz)
>
> Hard Disk 1 - Samsung 250 GB
> Hard Disk 2 - Maxtor 40 GB
>
> Ubuntu 9.04 has been installed on Hard Disk 1 with following partitions:
>
> "/"  - 1 GB
> "/boot" - 1 GB
> "/home" - 239 GB
> swap -  rest of the disk space
>
> Hard Disk 2 has no partitions.
>
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> Abu Ashraf Masnun
> Grad Student, BBA,
> Khulna University.
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Saad M Niamatullah