Use a Journaling Filesystem . . . . . . (was Re: [tlug] [OT?]A Hard Drive Question)

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Phillip Tribble wrote:

> I formatted my external USB backup with EXT2. ...

It would be prudent to use a journaling filesystem, 
especially for a removable media that could be 
disconnected at anytime without warning. 

Ext2 is not a journaling filesystem. 
Ext3, jfs, reiserfs, and xfs are journaling filesystems. 
There are more journaling filesystems. 

Do some homework, starting here: 

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journaling_file_system
   http://www.linux-mag.com/id/1180
   http://www.linux-mag.com/id/2927/

Jim