Yes, ext2, before journaling was added to extfs was painful, powerloss, or simply switching off a computer without runnng shutdown often resulted in data loss a

Yes, ext2, before journaling was added to extfs was painful, powerloss, or simply switching off a computer without runnng shutdown often resulted in data loss and if you're unlucky enough, fsck threw you in to "please try to fix this, I can't" prompt on the next boot.