RE: Ext3?

["Josh Rehman" <java.josh@verizon.net>]

First, thank you for your response.

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Third, I believe that ext3 requires direct kernel support, so that your
proposed solution will not work. Please correct me if I am wrong.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Hensley [mailto:zoid@zoidian.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 8:43 AM
> To: Josh Rehman
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Ext3?
> 
> you could always just install debian on to an ext2 partition, then
convert
> that ext2 partition over to ext3. it's not too hard to do...just a
simple:
> 
> mke2fs -j
> 
> good luck with the install...don't give up on debian just for that
reason  :)
> 
> --------------------
> Rob Hensley
> <hensleyrob@nku.edu>
> http://zoidian.com
> 
> On Sun, 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?
> >
> > With kind regards,
> > Josh Rehman, Linux-Guru Wannabe (LGW)
> >
> >
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