Here is a link to an article that hit our newswire just a little while back, it has all kinds of info on ext4 and ext4.

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/114140/index.html

Scott

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Jon M. Hanson <jon@the-hansons-az.net> wrote:
I don't think you have to wipe your hard drive to go from ext3 to
ext4. I think there us an in-place conversion method.

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On Feb 5, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Nathan England <nathan@paysonlinux.org>
wrote:

>
> Hello Hello,
>
> I have been looking for a review of ext3 vs ext4 since ext4 became
> official... I
> can only find older reviews using early or later ext4dev but not the
> official
> ext4. Anyone know of any? Am I not digging into google far enough?
>
> In short, is it worth wiping a hard drive and re-installing to use
> ext4?
>
> Nathan
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