On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 03:20:14PM +1100, Chris Samuel wrote: > > ----- "Karen Shaeffer" <shaef...@neuralscape.com> wrote: > > Hiya, > > > BTW, centos 5 runs a modified ext3 filesystem. So, > > that is an issue you'll need to come to terms with > > in moving to other kernels. > > We've not seen any issues running mainline kernels > (2.6.30.x at present) with CentOS 5, what issues have > you seen with this ?
Hi Chris, Actually, I haven't tried it recently. But I have recently tried to run a recompiled and reconfigured RHEL 5 kernel on a stock ext3 filesystem. And it crashed almost immediately with filesystem corruption. And the RHEL 5 grub can't read a stock ext3 filesystem either. I appreciate your feedback, because I was wondering about that very question. And my comment only meant to suggest one needed to be aware of the issue. Based on your comments, it appears the RH extension of ext3 is backward compatible with kernel.org kernels. But apparently the RH kernels require the extensions in order to write. Thanks, Karen -- Karen Shaeffer Neuralscape, Palo Alto, Ca. 94306 shaef...@neuralscape.com http://www.neuralscape.com _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
