upgrade from ext3 to ext4

[dmizer]

ooooooo

Didn't think of that. I must now go play with Jaunty.

Yeah, I wanted to implement it on my production Hardy server, but it requires a newer kernel. For now, I wait. Should be able to make it work on Ibex fairly easily though.

[BDNiner]

All this has made me really contemplate building a test computer. I find there is only so much i can test in a VM. Especially since creating a VM that use ext4 on a computer that runs ext3 would not provide a realistic testing environment.

But seeing as it is a choice that a lot of people are going to have to make in the coming year i was wondering if i could 'upgrade' to ext4 without reinstalling my whole system?

very interesting links in your sig dmizer, they deserve a thankyou!

[talsemgeest]

I believe you can convert an ext3 filesystem to ext4, but you will not have all of the benefits of a clean install. If you are benchmarking the filesystems, the only way to get a fair test is to start on a clean partition.

[Jynxx]

So will ext4 be standard in Jaunty?

[dmizer]

It's already available in Jaunty: http://www.nabble.com/My-experiences...p21235823.html

Disclaimer:
Jaunty is still in development. Use Jaunty for TESTING ONLY. This is not ready for a production environment yet.