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EXT2

The EXT2 or second extended filesystem was the standard filesystem used on the Linux operating system for a number of years and remains in wide use. Its main drawback is that it is not a journaling filesystem. It is therefore losing users to ReiserFS and the upward compatible EXT3.

External links

Design and Implementation of the Second Extended Filesystem (http://web.mit.edu/tytso/www/linux/ext2intro)
Ext2fs Home Page (http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/ext2)

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