Re: Kernel 2.4.3 & ext3 patchable?

["Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct redhat com>]

Hi,

On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 08:33:05PM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> I am in a situation where I absolutely need to run a redhat 2.4.2-2 kernel
> because of other hardware/system requirements depending solely on 2.4.2-2.
> 
> Am I completely out of luck for ext3 with 2.4.2-2?

Not completely, the source is available so you could probably
back-port it yourself.

> I ultimately need the system to be as stable as
> 2.4.2 will allow.  Stability being a wishful requirement; is ext2 my best
> bet with 2.4.2-2? 

Probably.

> All this said the underlying storage hardware being used is 7 raid0 arrays
> of 680GB each.  endless fsck'in fun.. is there any hope for ext3 under
> 2.4.2? 

Yes, but as above, you'll probably need to do the work yourself.

Cheers,
 Stephen