Re: Ext3?

[Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk>]

On 25 Aug 2002, Josh Rehman wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm contemplating a switch to Debian 3.0 from Mandrake 8.2, but I am
> hesitant because it appears that the 2.4 kernel is not supported by
> default and hence, IIRC, ext3 is not supported. IMHO ext3 is the best
> thing since sliced bread - no more unrecoverable fsck errors - and it's
> a pity that Debian doesn't support it out of the box.
> 
> There is no mention of ext3 at this location:
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-partitioning.en.html
> 
> So I have two questions:
> 1 - WHY don't the Debian powers-that-be consider the 2.4 kernel 'mature
> enough' for Debian 3.0?
> 2 - HOW can I install Debian 3.0 with a 2.4 kernel and an ext3
> filesystem?


You can use any kernel you like with Debian. Either compile it "the
Debian way" or else download the source and compile it directly, which
is what I do myself. 

AC

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