Jun
16
2016
Chapter 14. The Ext2 - Ext3 - Ext4 Filesystem
By abernal
Objectives
- Describe the main features of the Ext4 filesystem
- Explain the concepts of block groups, superblock, data blocks and inodes
- Use dumpe2fs and tune2fs
- List Ext4 enhacements
Ext2
First Linux filesystem
Ext3
Its similar to Ext2 filesystem however it does includes journaling
Ext4
Its similar to Ext3 but it uses extends instead of blocks collections in order to deal with large files