ext4fs

[Tom H]

>> I am going to clean install fc12 but I don't know how to
>> handle this situation,my /home is ext3fs and I want format the rest of my
>> directories as ext4fs,will the two fs get on together
>> or am I going to format everything as ext4 and use my /home backup.
>>  If I use my dvd backup,what command do I use to transfer the data
>> from the dvd to my harddrive and do I have to do it in ctrl-alt-F2
>> CLI

> there is no problem what so ever with a mix of file systems on linux, so you
> can simply continue with your ext3 /home if you want.

+1 to the mixing of fs's.

You could also later convert /home to ext4 (with a full backup at hand
just in case).

I have converted five fs's without a problem, the latest was a
59%-full 1 tb this weekend.