> 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. 2.4.17-k7 boots my ext3 root partition fine it has ext2 and ext3 both as modules.