Ext3

ext3 (third extended filesystem) is Article description::an open source disk [[filesystem created for Linux, and the third version of the extended series of filesystems.]] The ext3 driver was removed from Linux 4.3.

ext3 is the journaled version of the ext2 filesystem, providing metadata journaling for fast recovery in addition to other enhanced journaling modes like full data and ordered data journaling. It uses an HTree index that enables high performance in almost all situations. In short, ext3 is a very good and reliable filesystem.

Kernel
Activate the following kernel options for ext3 support:

Support for optional ext3 features:

Large drive support
When the system has large disks (2 TB or greater) and a 32-bit kernel is being used, the following option must be enabled:

USE flags
The package contains the utilities to work with the filesystem. In Gentoo Linux is part of the  set and should be already installed on the system.

Emerge
After setting the USE flag update the system so the changes take effect:

Creation
To create an ext3 filesystem on the partition:

Please replace with the actual partition to format.

By default, 5% of available disk space is reserved for the user. This is usually a good thing for the partition where the directory is mounted, but it may be not desirable on other partitions. To lose reserve disk space for the root user use 's  option: