Ext4/Ext3 question

[Chris Jones]

Hi,

On 23 Apr 2009, at 6:40PM, Steven Vollom wrote:

> When I installed the Jaunty Rc release, I labored over the thought  
> of using
> ext4, remembering all the prior warnings.  Nonetheless, I installed  
> using the
> ext4 file system believing the problems would surely be resolved in  
> the Rc.
>
> The file systems that currently hold my data in partitions are  
> ext3.  Is it
> possible to change them to ext4 while data is still in them?  If so,  
> what is
> the procedure?  Thanks!

What do you expect to gain switching to ext4 ?

Yes, ext4 is an advancement over ext3, and for sure the way of the  
future. However, most of the advantages only come into play with truly  
huge file systems, which the average user does not have.

Just stick with ext3 wold be my advice... Even a tiny risk of data  
lose really isn't worth the gains...

cheers Chris