The ext2 file system was a common file system for Linux systems. It has been supplanted for the most part by ext3 and ext4, which are backwards-compatible with it. It is still used on USB drives since it is not journaled, reducing the number of writes made to the drive (but thus increasing corruptibility).
The Linux ext3 file system is the default system in many linux derivatives. It allows for journalling, which the ext2 system did not. It also allows in-situ upgrades without asking for a backup first.
You can set up file sharing between windows 7 and Linux mint 16 by simply installing the Ext2 Installable File System on windows which allow windows to read and write into the Linux file system.
Several, such as ext2/3/4, ReiserFS, btrfs, cramfs, romfs, SquashFS, and Xiafs.
There are programs you can download that will read Linux file systems. Common file systems are ext2 and ext3.
ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, are some native file systems
The normal common file system is ext2 or 3.
An ext2 file system can be created through a variety of methods. The crudest method, where the partition occupies an entire disk, can be done on most Linux distributions with the commandmkfs.ext2 /dev/hdaOther frontends, such as cfdisk or GPartEd, will allow you to more easily create partitions of different sizes on the disk.
There are a couple different IFS (Installable File System) drivers that can be used to do this. Links to them are posted in the "Related links" section below.
Linux can support a variety of filesystems. Many users choose to use EXT filesystems (ext2,ext3,ext4) but you can also use FAT (windows-compatible) and lesser known filesystems (like ReiserFS)
Linux systems have access to a wide range of filesystems, however most Linux distributions default to ext3 or ext4. In the future it is our hope that the "standard" Linux filesystem will be btrfs.Linux supports many different file systems, including ext, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS, Reiser4, JFS, btrfs, and XFS.
The first file system Linux supported was the MINIX file system.