Re: upgrade to ext3 ?
> > I know it is compiled into 2.4.18-k7. To see for your kernel, look for
> > the module: /lib/modules/2.4.17-k7/kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o
Actually, this is not true. If using the *stock* 2.4.18-k7 image, it relies
on an initrd.img (i.e., and initial ramdisk image). I'm not entirely clear
about what this does, but apparently it's a kind of "pre-picture" of what your
kernel is going to look like after it's loaded. You will *definitely* not
want to take my word for what the initial ramdisk image does, but these things
I can state for certain:
1) My / partition is ext3.
2) The ext3 support in my kernel is MODULAR.
Evidence:
coffee (boot)$ grep EXT3 config-2.4.18-k7
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m
and
% lsmod | grep ext
ext3 57248 1 (autoclean)
jbd 35640 1 (autoclean) [ext3]
3) My / partition is getting mounted as ext3:
Evidence:
coffee (boot)$ mount
/dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda1 on /windows type ntfs (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
So if you want to just load the 2.4.18-k7 kernel image and run 'modconf', you
should be fine.
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