Re: ext3 w/Woody 3.0r0?

["Donald R. Spoon" <dspoon@astcomm.net>]

Rob Leachman wrote:
> Just wanted to check before I do something wrong... does Woody 3.0r0 
> support ext3? I'm told to worry about kernel support, is it in the 
> distributed "2.2.20-compact #1" kernel?
>
> Also, while I'm asking these simple questions, I understand the way to 
> upgrade to ext3 is simply:
>
> 1) Add ext3 journalling to the ext2 device with `tune2fs -j /dev/{myHD}`
> 2) Adjust /etc/fstab as required to indicate type "ext3" not "ext2"
>
> ...is it?
>
> Finally, why doesn't Woody prompt for ext3 like the other distributions? 
> I was reminded most others stop and ask ext2 or ext3... maybe it's about 
> the "compact" method I used.
>
> Thanks!

Dunno about the "compact" 2.2.20 kernel, but it IS supported in the 
"bf2.4 kernel.  You are also asked about it during the HD File System 
setup & initialization questions early in the install.  I just did a 
couple of network installs using this kernel last week, and it was all 
there.  I chose the "ext3" option and everything was done automatically 
for me during the install, including any fstab entry.  I didn't have to 
do anything to get it to boot off the ext3 partition.

Cheers,
-Don Spoon-