[Ubuntu-BD] Help with ext3

[Tarin Mahmood]

Never heard of it either, I am using 2 partitions 60GB and 30GB, no problems

Mahmood

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On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Saad M Niamatullah <
saadmniamatullah at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> > Grad Student, BBA,
> > Khulna University.
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