I'm going to try a journalled filesystem on my Alpha, and I need some assistance. I'm running Testing at the moment, and I have downloaded the kernel 2.4.14 source and xfs-patch and installed it via apt. I notice in the kernel-package documentation, there is reference to patch_the_kernel, but not a lot is explained about this option, such as where it is used. Any pointers? Cheers and Merry Christmas Rob