Ext3 instead of Ext4

[NoOp]

On 03/08/2010 09:20 AM, NoOp wrote:
> On 03/07/2010 12:51 AM, Nils Kassube wrote:
...
>> Therefore I'm not so sure an ext4 partition could be used with the 
>> Windows ext3 driver.
...
> 
> It can't (yet); I tried previously & hence my suggestion to use ext3 if
> he wished to use those types of drivers and access the drive from older
> Ubuntu systems.
> 
> <quote>
> Ext4 is fine as long as you only intend to access the drive from 9.10
> and above. My recommendation however would be to use Ext3 for the time
> being so that should you choose to access the drive from older versions
> of Ubuntu, and Windows drives with programs like
> ttp://www.fs-driver.org/ you'll be able to do so.
> </quote>
> Note: ttp://www.fs-driver.org/ should be: http://www.fs-driver.org/
> "should you choose to access the drive from older versions
> of Ubuntu" is also relevant; Hardy/8.04 (ext3) cannot mount an ext4. If
> you try, you get this error msg:
> ====
> Cannot mount volume.
> The volume uses the ext4 file system which
> is not supported by your system.
> ====
> Hardy (8.04) does not have an ext4 aware kernel (that I know of). Nor do
> release with kernels So below 2.6.28, so those systems can't be
> converted to, nor access an ext4 (again, that I know of).

Sorry... added clarification (I have a cold, so my brain is slower than
usual today); by "access" I mean "mount" the drive. Obviously one can
access the drive via samba, nfs, etc., but one cannot mount the drive
from a 8.04, or Windows using the Ext2fs.sys.