Re: ext3 on Debian woody

[Andrew Agno <agno@AI.SRI.COM>]

Alexander List writes:
 > On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Sven Schumacher wrote:
 > 
 > > > 5.) edit /etc/fstab replacing ext2 with ext3
 > 
 > > You cant use ext3 for root fs if you use ext3 as a module.
 > 
 > Are you sure about this? ext2 is also a module in the latest stock
 > kernels, have a closer look at the /boot/config.x.y! I was surprised by
 > this myself. The modules have to reside in the initrd and they have to be
 > loaded, but it works, even with modules!

You can use ext3 as a module if ext2 is also a module, I believe.
That's why the stock 2.4.17-686 kernel works with ext3 out of the box, 
whereas 2.4.17-386 and 2.4.17-k7 and probably all others don't--they
have ext2 built into the kernel.

Andrew.