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Re:Linux ext2 filesystem driver now marked as deprecated by loeg on Friday March 29, 2024 @08:56PM (#39870771)
If there is going to be a default, it is inarguably more reasonable to pick ext4 than ext2.
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Re:Linux ext2 filesystem driver now marked as deprecated by spiesd on Friday March 29, 2024 @09:42PM (#39871045)
Huh. I hadn't checked it, but plain mkfs does create ext2. Interesting. I agree, ext4 seems a sensible baseline today.
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