*nods*
If I understand the Ext2/Ext3 relationship correctly, you can mount an Ext3 filesystem as Ext2, it just won't have a Journal... it should suffice as temporary Ext3 support, until proper Journal support is written.
I've another mailing list Q&A regarding a system freezing using Ext2, and large file copying taking place. It pointed to a problem in the IDE Interface that occurs when large amounts of data flow through it. So, it could be a data bottleneck that causes the freezing to occur.
On 6/4/05, James Tabor jimtabor@adsl-64-217-116-74.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net wrote:
TwoTailedFox wrote:
Just a quick question.
Does ROS Support the Ext2 file system for read/write operations?
Yes and No.
Look at, http://svn.reactos.com/viewcvs/branches/ext2/
We need to merge ext2 patch to head. There is a bug with copying large files.
Search the dev mail list for "[ros-dev] Ext2 Branch Tests" 02/05/05.
"Only 4194304 bytes copied to drive C:. Does that number look anything familiar to anyone? How about 400000 Hex."
That is the only bug I could find with my tests.
Thanks, James