dump/restore and ext3?

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Author: Kevin Brown
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Subject: dump/restore and ext3?
ext3 is ext2 with a journal file added, so dump/restore should work with it.

> I'd like to backup an ext3 filesystem. I'm fond of the interface for
> dump/restore, but the man page says it's only compatible with ext2. And
> dump is at version 0.4-something, which doesn't give me big warm
> fuzzies. Also, I've ran across a few posts here and there on the 'net
> claiming that dump is not reliable on 2.4 kernels for some reason. I've
> done a couple tests and successfully dumped and restored up to 20 gigs
> on an ext3 filesystem without any obvious problems.
>
> Has anyone encountered any issues with dump/restore on Linux? Or have a
> good explanation of why this might be a bad idea?
> Thanks,