Re: [tlug] dual boot - Windows/Linux

["Keith Bawden" <keith@example.com>]

On 9/29/07, Greg Thomson <gregt@example.com> wrote:
>With the
> jounal empty windows is then able to mount it as EXT2 and read & write
> whatever it needs.

The problem could be that when Windows (or the driver or whatever)
crashes you may be left with data corruption and will need to "try"
and repair it under Linux.  A much harder thing to do than if it were
mounted as an ext3 volume all along. One of the reasons why ext3 is
better than ext2 is it's resistance to data corruption in such
situations.

So I suppose what I'm trying to say is if you entrust your data to
ext2 then fair enough; if you then want to entrust that data to ext2
on Windows then fair enough. I would ensure the data is backed up on a
more regular basis than usual or the data is expendable.

>I would think then that when Linux remounts it as EXT3
> that journaling would start until the fs is unmounted again.

It would.

Regards, Keith