AW: [RH List] Re: Mount question

[Gerrit Albrecht]

Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> This raises a question now: why (still) ext2 and not ext3?

Partitions which often need an undelete feature (e.g. temporary partitions
which users need to exchange files) should IMHO be ext2 partitions, because
its currently not possible to efficiently undelete a file from an ext3
partition (just try it) using standard tools.

More infos:
http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/FAQs/ext3-faq.html#undelete

You also need ext2 if you want to use flash memory to hold the boot image -
then you probably need every single byte and it's better to build a small
kernel without ext3.

Gerrit