Re: Ext3?

[Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>]

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?

I found some instructions that worked out ok (i upgraded debian 3 stable
with kernel 2.2.20-i386 to 2.4.18-i686 using internet download):

  http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html

You don't even need to run make-kpkg.

I think my networking has stopped. You'll need to beware...