On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 00:31:42 +0530, "Jemshad O K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
said:
> 
> I compiled the new kernel, with ext3 as modules. I have the / filesystem
> also ext3 - but I do have initrd. Now, the real problem is that, I
> changed the fstab entries and made all partitions from ext3 to ext2. Then
> also, the kernel was trying to mount the / file system as ext3 and it
> failed at that point. :-\

Did you add support for ext2 too? as module or into the kernel? 
 
> 1) Why is the kernel not loading the ext3 module when required

It makes sense, to add support for your / and /boot filesystems right
into the kernel, rather than as modules, especially when you are using
ramdisks/


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