2 ext4 queries

[Petrus de Calguarium]

Eric Sandeen wrote:

> While ext4 is largely out of its development phase, it is still a
> relatively new filesystem so you would do well (as you would with any
> filesystem, to be honest) to test it in your environment before you
> deploy it for real data, and keep good backups.
> 
That's what common sense told me, but I didn't want to hear it, as I was eager to migrate. I think common sense must prevail; I have too much invested.

> ext4 filesystems formatted today should always be
> compatible with ext4 code in the future.
> 
That is good to hear. I formatted some non-critical partitions and hope not to need to do it over again (not that it is a HUGE hassle).