dman writes: > What is your root fs there? If either > a) root fs is not ext3 > or > b) ext3 module is in your initrd and loaded by the kernel during > boot > > you can have it as a module. (this is a general statement; perhaps > there is something special regarding ext3 that makes a difference).
Well, the help seemed to imply that if you have your root fs as ext3 (which I do: % rdev /dev/hdb2 / % tune2fs -l /dev/hdb2 ... Filesystem features: has_journal filetype needs_recovery sparse_super ... ), then you needed to have it compiled into the kernel: [ from .../linux/Documentation/Configure.help ] module will be called ext3.o. Be aware however that the file system of your root partition (the one containing the directory /) cannot be compiled as a module, and so this may be dangerous. I'm beginning to suspect that it will work if ext2 is also compiled as a module, and both are put into the initrd image. I'll have to do some testing tomorrow to see if this is true. Anybody have any experiences either way? Andrew.
