how does ext3 work?

[atlfalcons866]

how does ext3 work? does it have a file allcoation table?

[Rhox]

how does ext3 work? does it have a file allcoation table?

Ext3 is basically Ext2 with journaling. Ext2 puts files in single blocks rather than putting them in multiple blocks. So it does not use a file allcoation table.

[bonzodog]

I don't quite understand the reference of your question, so I am going to point you at a wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3

Linux and Unix file systems do not use File Allocation tables. They use a system of inodes to store files, and the ext3 system is also journalled, so it keeps a log of the last 250 or so transactions to the HDD.

[starcraft.man]

Wikipedia to the RESCUE!!!

*superhero music cues in the great and mighty link* TADA!!! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3) *and promptly flies off agian*

edit: rats... bonzo ruined my entrance... *grumbles*

[Rhox]

Wikipedia to the RESCUE!!!

*superhero music cues in the great and mighty link* TADA!!! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3) *and promptly flies off agian*

edit: rats... bonzo ruined my entrance... *grumbles*

I think he wanted a simplification.